Annals of Ulster
Body of historical, genealogical, etc., information that has been handed down by tradition.
Seanchas
Decade in which it was compiled.
1630s
University where it can be found today.
UCD
Author.
Geoffrey Keating
Poet.
Brian Merriman
Average number of printed pages per year.
Two thirds of a printed page per year
Language in which it was written.
Irish
How did Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (DMF) die?
Pub fight
Pope who granted King Henry II permission to invade Ireland.
King Adrian IV
Appears that his mother married a _________ __________ who reared the poet as his own son.
travelling mason
Conventional spelling system of a language.
Orthography
Name of scholar who published the text.
John O'Donovan
Man who edited most recent version in 2003.
Nollaig Ó Muraíle.
Part one - creation of world to coming of ___________.
Christianity
Profession of poet.
Maths teacher
Wrote most of the entries until 1489, came from a significant learned family of traditional historians in Ulster.
Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín
Number of volumes in final publication.
Seven
Most common surname found.
Burc
Study of the methods of historians.
Historiography
A medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.
Courtly love.
Dublin doctor who sold AU to the library of Trinity College in 1766.
John Fergus
________ _________declared John O'Donovan's edition of the Annals of the Four Masters to be 'the greatest work that any modern Irish scholar ever accomplished'
Douglas Hyde declared John O'Donovan's edition of the Annals of the Four Masters to be 'the greatest work that any modern Irish scholar ever accomplished'
Fabled pirate queen of Connacht.
Gráinne Ní Mháille
The author has a doctorate in this field.
Theology
The act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.
Bigamy