TitleAnnals of the Four Masters
CollectionRoyal Irish Academy
LocationDublin, Ireland
ShelfmarkRIA MS 23 P 7; 688
LanguagesIrish; Latin; ga; la
Date created1632; 1633; 1634; 1635; 1636
Pagination293 ff.
SubjectAnnals; Historical Tract
ProvenanceMS 23 P 7 was written by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Coigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Conaire Ó Cléirigh. The compilation of the Annals of the Four Masters was sponsored by Fearghal Ó Gadhra (d. 1660) of Coolavin, Co. Sligo.
CoverageDonegal, County Donegal
MaterialPaper
ScribesÓ Cléirigh Mícheál; Ó Cléirigh Cu Choigcríche; Ó Cléirigh Conaire
ContributorsÓ Gadhra Fearghal
Dimensions9" × 6"
Online since2002
RelationRIA MS 23 P 6; UCD OFM MS A 13
NotesNollaig Ó Muraíle (Celtica 19, pp 75-95) has argued that RIA MS 23 P 6 and RIA MS 23 P 7 form one manuscript and along with UCD OFM MS A 13 should be considered a complete autograph set of the Annals of the Four Masters in two volumes. See also P. A Breatnach, The Four Masters and Their Manuscripts; Studies in Palaeography and Text, (Dublin 2013), pp 65-7
RightsCopyright Royal Irish Academy; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.
DescriptionRIA MS 23 P 7 is an autograph manuscript of the Annals of the Four Masters or Annála Ríoghachta Éireann for the years 1500-1616 written by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Coigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Conaire Ó Cléirigh. The bulk of the manuscript was written in 1632-1636 in the Fransiscan Priory in Donegal and may have been in Lovain for a time. It should be considered as part of the same manuscript as RIA MS 23 P 7 . The manuscript was in the possession of Charles O'Conor of Belangare by at least 1778. It was subsequently in the possession of William Burton Conyngham and Austin Cooper from whom it was acquired for the Royal Irish Academy in 1831 by George Petire, arriving as 'a mere unbound roll' (O'Donovan, AFM I, p. xi n). The manuscript was then bound as two volumes, MS 23 P 6 and MS 23 P 7.
ReferencesNollaig Ó Muraíle, 'The autograph manuscripts of the Annals of the Four Masters', Celtica 19 (1987), pp. 75–95.; P. A Breatnach, The Four Masters and Their Manuscripts; Studies in Palaeography and Text, (Dublin, 2013), pp. 65-7
