![]() The several manuscript copies are held at Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy, University College Dublin, and the National Library of Ireland. The Anglicized version of this was "the Four Masters", the name that has become associated with the annals themselves. Although only one of the authors, Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, was a Franciscan friar, they became known as "the Four Friars" or in the original Irish, na Ceithre Máistrí. The chief compiler of the annals was Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh from Ballyshannon, who was assisted by, among others, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire and Cú Choigríche Ó Duibhgeannáin. The patron of the project was Fearghal Ó Gadhra, MP, a Gaelic lord in Coolavin, County Sligo. At this time, however, the Franciscans had a house of refuge by the River Drowes in County Leitrim, just outside Ballyshannon, and it was here, according to others, that the Annals were compiled. They were compiled between 16, allegedly in a cottage beside the ruins of Donegal Abbey, just outside Donegal Town. The annals are mainly a compilation of earlier annals, although there is some original work. Due to the criticisms by Irish historian Tuileagna Ó Maol Chonaire, the text was not published in the lifetimes of any of the participants. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,242 years after creation to AD 1616. The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Irish: Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history. A great chance to own the most important Volumes of the original set as well as a complete reprint-set (which is now rare as well). Overall very good condition of both sets, with minor signs of foxing. Original Hardcover: First Edition privately bound in green cloth with new endpapers / Facsimile Edition: Original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine (see photographs). Volume I - III: XLIX, 2498 pages including Appendix Important: The pages 1025 - 1629 of Volume II with a faded dampstain, stronger towards the end with some strong, but dried, staining to the outer margins - minor lesions to two pages within the text).
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