Annals of the Four MastersAnnála Ríoghdhachta ÉireannTextMS A 13LS A 13lagaIrishLatinLaidinGaeilge1600-169916361700-179916371755xxxii pp.+ 551 ff.xxxii lgh.+ 551 fóilió.10.4" x 10.6"AnnalsHistorical TractSeanchusAnnálaBrother Míchéal Ó Cléirigh, the most famous of the annalists known as the Four Masters and a Franciscan lay brother, spent eleven years in Ireland, 1626–37 at the behest of his patron Ferghal Ó Gadhra locating and copying manuscripts to compile this great work entitled Annála Ríoghdhachta Éireann or the Annals of the Four Masters to preserve the 'history of Ireland' from the biblical flood to the 1600s. The manuscript was sent to Louvain for safe-keeping where it became the centrepiece of the Irish Franciscan collection. The initial intention of the Irish Franciscans at Louvain, Belgium in the early seventeenth century to collect the lives of the saints developped into a major historical and genealogical project which involved locating, collecting, and transcribing materials on the secular and ecclesiastical history of Ireland. Dispersal of the original and much larger collection of Irish and Latin manuscripts from Louvain began in the late eighteenth century with the French revolution. The collection was moved for safekeeping to St Isidore's College, Rome in 1792 where it remained until 1872 when it was moved to the Franciscan Friary at Merchants' Quay Dublin, again for safe-keeping, then to Section A (hence the name) of the newly established Franciscan Library at Dún Mhuire, Killiney in 1946, and, finally to University College Dublin in November 2000. Inserted loosely inside the front cover are the following original documents: (a) A sheet of parchment, measuring 26.5 × 27 cms approx., bearing an imprimatur signed by Thomas Fleming [O.F.M.], archbishop of Dublin and dated Dublin, 5 February 1636 [printed by J. T. Gilbert, HMC rep. 4 (1874) app., 604 (no. xxii)]. (b) A sheet of paper, 28.5 × 37.5 cms approx., folded into two leaves and bearing a recommendation in Latin of Br Míchéal Ó Cléirigh, dated Franciscan Friary, Carrigfergus [Co. Antrim], 2 July 1637 and signed by Fr Henricus Mellanus, [Provinciae pater] et Commissarius ad hoc deputatus, and Fr Patricius Heg[arty], Diffinitor. (c) A similar sheet of paper bearing a Latin approbation of Br Míchéal, similarly dated and signed by Fr Henricus Mellanus, Fr Patricius Hegarty, Fr Columbus Davetus Conventus Guardianus, Fr Antonius Dunganus Guardianus Dunensis, Fr Edmundus Cavellus Predicator. These documents and the introductory matter on pp. xvii-xxxii, with the exception of the Ó Gadhra genealogy (pp. xxi-xxii), have been printed by P. Walsh, Gleanings² (1933) 69-85 (see also IMN 1916, 17-24). Another loose leaf of parchment, bearing a separate approbation from Fr Malachy O'Quelly, archbishop of Tuam, existed in 1755 (ibid., 81, 84).Chaith An Br. Míchéal Ó Cléirigh an duine is cáiliúla dena gCeithre Máistrí agus bráthair tuata Proinsisaigh aon bliana déag in Éirinn idir 1626 agus 1637 ar son a phatrún Ferghal Ó Gadhra ag aimsiú agus ag déanamh cóip de lámhscríbhinní chun an sárshaothar seo dar teideal Annála Ríoghdhachta Éireanna a chur le chéile agus 'stair na hÉireann' ó am na Díleann go dtí na 1600i a chaomhnú. Seoladh ar aghaidh í go dtí An Lováin chun í a choinneáil slán sábháilte, áit inar éirigh sí mar an lámhscríbhinn ba thábhachtaí san cnuasach . I dtosach báire bhí sé ar intinn na bProinsiasach Éireannach a bhí i Lováin sa Bheilg ag tús an 17ú haois beathaí na naomh a bhailiú.Tháinig an scéim sin chun chinn mar scéim mhór stairiúil agus ghinealaigh, a aimsigh, a bhailigh agus a tras-scríobh a bhí ar stair shaolta agus eaglaisiúil na hÉireann. Thosaigh scaipeadh an bhunbhailiúcháin dena lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge agus Laidineacha, a bhí níos leithne, ó Lováin ag deireadh an 18ú haois le Réabhlóid na Fraince. Bogadh an bailiúchán go Coláiste Naomh Isidore, An Róimh sa bhliain 1792 chun go mbeadh sé sábháilte agus d'fhan sé ansin go dtí 1872 nuair a bhogadh é go dtí Mainistir na bProinsisach, Cé na gCeannaithe, Baile Átha Cliath. Bogadh é go dtí an Leabharlann nua a bhunaigh na bProinsiasaigh (Rannóg A-sin an fáth a bhfuair an bailiúchán a ainm) i nDún Mhuire, Cill Iníon Léinín, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 1946 agus faoi dheireadh bogadh é go dtí Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath i Samhain 2000. Tá na buncháipéisí seo curtha isteach go scaoilte sa chlúdach tosaigh: (a) Leathanach meamraim ionann agus 26.5 × 27 cm agus leis an 'imprimatur' [ceadúnas] sínite ag Thomas Fleming [O.F.M.], ardeaspaig Bhaile Átha Cliath leis an dáta, Baile Átha Cliath, 5ú Feabhra 1636 [foilsithe ag J. T. Gilbert, HMC rep. 4 (1874) app., 604 (no. xxii)]. (b) Duilleog, ionann agus 28.5 × 37.5 cm, fillte in dá dhuilleog agus nóta i Laidin air ag an Br. Míchéal Ó Cléirigh leis an dáta 2ú Iúil 1637 agus an áit, Mainistir na bProinsiasach Carraig Fheargais [Co. Aontroma] agus sínithe ag an Ath. Henricus Mellanus, [Provinciae pater] et Commissarius ad hoc deputatus, agus an Ath. Patricius Heg[arty], Diffinitor. (c) Tá duilleog eile le nóta i Laidin ag moladh an Br Míchéal, le dáta agus síniú cosúil leis an gceann thuas ag an Ath. Henricus Mellanus, Ath. Patricius Hegarty, Ath. Columbus Davetus Conventus Guardianus, Ath. Antonius Dunganus Guardianus Dunensis agus ag an Ath. Edmundus Cavellus Predicator. Tá na caipéisí sin agus réamhrá ar lgh. xvii-xxxii, gan craobhsgaoileadh Uí Ó Gadhra (lgh. xxi-xxii), foilsithe ag P. Walsh, Gleanings² (1933) 69-85 (féach ar IMN 1916, 17-24 chomh maith). Bhí duilleog scaoilte eile de mheamram, le nóta moladh ón Ath. Malachy O'Quelly, ardeaspaig Tuama ar an bhfód sa bhliain 1755 (féach ar 81, 84).ItalyDublinBelgiumBaile Átha CliathAn IodáilAn BheilgPaperPáipéarBound in stiff boards and vellum bearing title 'No 1, Annales Hibernici, Fr. O'Cleary &c' on spine.Ceangailte i gclaraigh dolúbtha agus meamram leis an teideal 'No 1, Annales Hibernici, Fr. O'Cleary &c' ar an ndroim.Uí Mhaoilchonaire, Fearfeasa mac LochluinnÓ Cléirigh, Conaire [mac Donnchadha]Uí Mhaoilconaire, Muiris mac TornaUí Clerigh, Cúcoigriche mac Diarmutamac Túatháil, Cúcoigcriche Ó DuibgennáinÓ Cléirigh, Micheál Ó CleirighUCD, 2000Ó Gadhra, Ferghal, 1634Franciscan Archives, 1792-2000COBAC, 2000Cartlann na bProinsiasach, 1792-2000Ó Gadhra, Ferghal,1634RIA C iii 3TCD H.2.11RIA 23 P 6, P 7xxxii pp. (numbered in pencil) + ff. 551 (numbered 1-523 with some omissions and errors).This is an autograph copy of the Annals but there are no scribal signatures in the main body of the text. Most of the testimonials and approbations at the beginning appear to be originals; that on p. xxv is in the hand of Br Míchéal Ó Cléirigh and merely signed by Flann Mac Aodhagáin (cf. UCD MS A 16, xiii). Other hands appear in the text of the Annals, but the absence of signed examples of the handwriting of those engaged in the work makes identification usually impossible. Ff. 1-299 r (with some interruptions), 303 v m-381 v, 390 [b] r; 390 [c] v-413 v, 416 r-419 v, 516 r-v, are in a hand closely resembling that of Br Míchéal Ó Cléirigh but appearing to differ sufficiently from it to warrant its being tentatively attributed to his brother, Conaire Ó Cléirigh. This MS was not consulted by O'Connor (1826) or O'Donovan (1848-51) for their respective editions. It seems clear that only two copies of the original Annals were made and that the present MS is the first part of the copy sent to Louvain and intended for publication. Father Paul Walsh has argued (The Four Masters and this work (Dublin 1944) §4, and elsewhere) that this MS belongs to the same set as RIA MS 23 P 6, 23 P 7 (originally one MS according to O'Curry) and that the lacuna (over 100 folios in his estimation) in the other set (RIA MA C. iii. 3 and TCD MS H.2.11) is due to loss of leaves at the beginning of TCD MS H.2.11. It has also been suggested (C. Mooney, IER 60 (1942) 223 n. 4) that UCD MS A 13 is a companion volume of TCD MS H.2.11. This is made more probable by the fact that the lacuna involved may be about 160 folios (depending on which of two foliations in RIA MS C.iii. 3 is original). An autograph MS containing the second part of the Annals, said to have been in the Barberini Library in Rome in 1854 (C. MacDonnell, PRIA 6 (1854) 95), may have contained the missing portion. See also C. Giblin, 'The Annals of the Four Masters', Great books of Ireland (Thomas Davis Lectures, Dublin 1967) 90-103.xxxii lgh. (uimhrithe i bpeann luaidhe) + ff 551 (uimhrithe le beagán easnamh agus earráidí). Is 'cóip le sínithe' dena Annála atá inti ach níl sínithe na scríobhaithe ar bith ar fáil i gcorp an téacs. Is cosúil go bhfuil an chuid is mó dena teistiméireachta agus na nótaí moltaí i dtús na lamhscríbhinne fíor; tá an cheann ar lth. xxv i lámh An Br. Michíl Uí Chléirigh agus an síniu amháin ag Flann Mac Aodhagáin (féach ar COBAC LS A 16, xiii). Tá lámha eile i dtéacs na nAnnála, ach de bharr easnamh eiseamlairí sínithe ag na scríobhaithe a bhí ag déanamh na hoibre tá sé dodhéanta iad a aithint. Tá ff. 1-299r (le roinnt bristeacha), 303 v m-381 v, 390 [b] r; 390 [c] v-413 v, 416 r-419 v, 516 r-v i lámh atá an-chosúil le lámh an Br. Mhicíl Uí Chléirigh ach toisc go bhful cuma sách difriúil uirthi is fiú an tsaothair seo a dheimhniú ar a dheartháir Conaire Ó Cléirigh. Níor bhain O'Connor (1826) nó O'Donovan (1848-51) úsaid as an lámscríbhinn sin chun a leagan faoi leith a chur ar bun. Is cosúil nár rinneadh ach dhá chóip den chéad Annála agus gur í sin an chéad chuid den chóip a seoladh go Lováin le hintinn í a fhoilsiú. Dar leis an Ath. Paul Walsh (The Four Masters and this work (Dublin 1944) §4, agus srl.) is leis an gcnuasach céanna an lámhscríbhnn seo agus ARÉ LS 23 P 6 agus ARÉ LS 23 P 7 (a bhí ina mbunchóip le chéile dar leis Ó Cumhraí) agus go raibh an t-easnaimh (thart ar 100 fóilió a dúirt sé) sa cnuasach eile (ARÉ LS C. iii. 3 agus TCD LS H.2.11) de bharr cailleadh na n-duilleog i dtús TCD LS H.2.11. Tá sé molta go bhfuil COBAC LS A 13 ina chomhleabhar do TCD LS H.2.11 (C. Mooney, IER 60 (1942) 223 n. 4). Éiríonn an molta seo níos deimhne toisc go bhfuil thart ar 160 duilleog caillte (ach brathann sé ar cén cheann dena n-uimhrithe in ARÉ LS C iii 3 atá fíor). Is dócha go raibh an chuid a bhí ar iarraidh i measc an 'chóip le sínithe' a choinnígh an dara cheann dena n-Annála, dúradh go raibh sí lonnaithe i Leabharlann Barberini sa Róimh sa bhliain 1854 (C. MacDonnell, PRIA 6 (1854) 95), féach ar C. Giblin, 'The Annals of the Four Masters', Great books of Ireland (Thomas Davis Lectures, Dublin 1967) 90-103.Copyright University College DublinCopyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.Iomhá Foinse ag Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath.Cóipcheart ag Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha CliathUCD MS A 13 is an autograph copy of the Gaelic manuscript from the 17th century entitled The Annals of the Four Masters. Written in Gaelic and Latin on paper by various hands including Br. Míchéal Ó Cléirigh (one of the Four Masters) and his brother Conaire, it contains a copy of the 'history of Ireland' from the biblical flood down to the 1600s. The centrepiece of the Franciscan Collection previously kept at the Franciscan College, Louvain; St. Isidore's College, Rome, 1792; Franciscan Friary, Merchant's Quay, Dublin, 1872; Franciscan Library, Dún Mhuire, Killiney, Co. Dublin, 1946 and, from November 2000 University College Dublin.Is lámhscríbhinn Gaelach í COBAC LS A 13, ón 17ú dar teideal Annála Ríoghdhachta Éireann. Scríofa i nGaeilge agus sa Laidin ar pháipéar ag scríobhaithe éagsúla, An Br. Míchéal Ó Cléirigh (duine dena gCeithre Máistrí) agus a dheartháir Conaire san áireamh, tá cóip de 'stair na hÉireann' ó am na Díleann go dtí na 1600í iniata. An chuid is tábhachtaí den Chnuasach Proinsiasaigh a bhí suite ar dtús i gColáiste na bProinsiasach, An Lováin; i gColáiste Naomh Isidore, An Róimh sa bhliain 1792; i Mainistir na bProinsiasach, Cé na gCeannaithe, Baile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 1872; i Leabharlann na bProinsiasach, Dún Mhuire, Cill Iníon Léinín, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 1946 agus faoi dheireadh i gColáiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ó Samhain 2000 amach.Cunningham, (Bernadette): The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century, Four Courts Press Ltd., 2014. 348 pp. Illustrations, appendix (containing sections from the Annals of Lecan that correspond to the passages in AFM) and index. Ó Muraíle (Nollaig): The autograph manuscripts of the Annals of the Four Masters. In Celtica 19 (1987), pp. 75–95. Of two copies produced, one was intended for Fearghal Ó Gadhra, the other for publication in Louvain. Discusses and assesses the question of which of the surviving five MSS belongs to which copy of the annals. Concludes in favour of P. Walsh’s view (but against C. Mooney’s) that the Ó Gadhra set is represented by MSS RIA C iii 3 and TCD H 2. 11, and the Louvain set by Franciscan A 13, RIA 23 P 6, RIA 23 P 7. Includes ‘Appendix: Notes on the Individual MSS’. See also P. Walsh, The Four Masters and their work (1944) (Best2 8631), IBL (1936), pp. 81-83 (Best2 2081), and C. Mooney, IER 60 (1942), pp. 223-224, n. 4 (BILL 624). Mooney (Canice) (ref.), Walsh (Paul) (ref.)Cunningham, (Bernadette): The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century, Four Courts Press Ltd., 2014. 348 lgh. Léiráidí, aguisín (le rannta ón Annála Lecain atá dlúthbhaint acu le AFM ) agus innéacs. Ó Muraíle (Nollaig): The autograph manuscripts of the Annals of the Four Masters in Celtica 19 (1987), lgh. 75–95. Bhí dhá chóip déanta, cheann acu d' Fhearghal Ó Gadhra, agus an cheann eile le foilsiú i Lováin. Déantar plé agus measúnú ar cén lamhscríbhinní ón gcúigear atá fós ar an bhfód atá baint acu le pé cóip de na hAnnála. Críochnaíonn sé i bhfabhar tuairimí P. Walsh ( ach i gcoinne iad ó C. Mooney) go bhfuil sraith Uí Gadhra léirithe ag LSí RIA C iii 3 agus TCD H 2. 11, agus go bhfuil sraith Lováin léirithe ag Franciscan A 13, RIA 23 P 6, RIA 23 P 7.Tá ‘Appendix: Notes on the Individual MSS’ san áireamh. Féach ar P. Walsh, The Four Masters and their work (1944) (Best2 8631), IBL (1936), lgh. 81-83 (Best2 2081), agus C. Mooney, IER 60 (1942), lgh. 223-224, n. 4 (BILL 624). Mooney (Canice) (ref.), Walsh (Paul) (ref.)Dublin, IrelandBaile Átha Cliath, ÉireUniversity College DublinAn Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath