Texts

Annals of Ireland

John Clyn
  • Latin
  • prose
  • Irish annals
Annals written by John Clyn, a Franciscan friar of Kilkenny, between 1333 and 1349. The work, which runs from the birth of Christ to the author's own times up to 1349, is particularly notable for contemporary records of events in the area of the counties Tipperary and Kilkenny and is well-known for containing an account of the Black Death.
Author
John ClynJohn Clyn
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Manuscripts
Liber communitatis fratrum minorum Kilkennie (lost)
Original manuscript now lost.
Copy from the original MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 614
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 496
Language
  • Latin
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish annalsannals and chronicles, Irish histories
Irish annals
id. 35113

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Williams, Bernadette, The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007.
[ed.] Butler, Richard, The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn and Thady Dowling: together with the Annals of Ross, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, 1849.
Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google: <link> CELT – Annals of Thady Dowling (incl. introduction): <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: View in Mirador
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2014, last updated: January 2024