Leabhar Oiris () is a Gaelic- Irish

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...

and

chronicle A chronicle (, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events ...

. ''An Leabhar Oiris'' was created by one, or more, author or authors, who drew on material in the

Irish annals A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of Ireland, were compiled up to and shortly after the end of the 17th century. Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days. Over ti ...

relating to the years 976 to 1028. It is believed to have been written in an Irish monastic

scriptorium A scriptorium () was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes. The term has perhaps been over-used—only some monasteries had special rooms set aside for scribes. Often they ...

, after 976 and by 1500.

References

;Manuscript sources *

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le ...

, MS 756 pp. 194–207 * Royal Irish Academy, MS 485, pp. 240–75 *

Trinity College Library The Library of Trinity College Dublin () serves Trinity College, and is the largest library in Ireland. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", which means that publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there ...

, MS 1287, pp. 59–85 * Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1280, folio 64 * Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1296, pp. 214–32 *

British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of between 170 and 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit li ...

, Egerton 105, folio 296 * Royal Irish Academy, MS 689, p. 93 * Royal Irish Academy, MS 258 * Royal Irish Academy, MS 973, section 3, p. 50 * Trinity College Library, MS 1289 * Trinity College Library, MS 1329, p. 153 ;Editions * R. I. Best, "The Leabhar Oiris", ''

Ériu In Irish mythology, Ériu (; ), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland. The English name for Ireland comes from the name Ériu and the Germanic languages, Germanic (Old Norse or ...

''; vol. 1 (1904): 74–112 (includes apparatus &c.) *

Eoin MacNeill Eoin MacNeill (; born John McNeill; 15 May 1867 – 15 October 1945) was an Irish scholar, Irish language enthusiast, Gaelic revivalist, nationalist, and politician who served as Minister for Education from 1922 to 1925, Ceann Comhairle of D ...

, "Cath Cluan Tairbh", ''Gaelic Journal''; 7 (1896): 8–11, 41–44, 55–57; and * Cian Mac Maolmhuaidh, ''Gaelic Journal''; 7 (1896): 67–71. ;Other * Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, ''Essai d'un catalogue de la littérature épique d'Irlande'' Paris, 1883; p. 60 *

Colm Ó Lochlainn Colm Ó Lochlainn (1892 – 26 June 1972) was an Irish printer, typographer, collector of Irish ballads and traditional Irish Uilleann piper. He was notably the author of ''Irish Street Ballads'' published in 1939 and ''More Irish Street Ballad ...

, "Poets on the battle of Clontarf", ''

Éigse ''Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies'' is an academic journal devoted to the study of the Irish language and literature. It began in 1923 as part of an initiative by the Senate of the National University of Ireland to use the Adam Boyd Simpson F ...

''; 3 (1941–42): 208–18, 4 (1943–44) 33–47.

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