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|Title=''Foras feasa ar Éirinn'' | |Title=''Foras feasa ar Éirinn'' | ||
|TranslatedTitle=The foundation/compendium of the historical knowledge of Ireland | |TranslatedTitle=The foundation/compendium of the historical knowledge of Ireland | ||
|Classification=Subject:Irish legendary history;Subject:Ulster Cycle;Subject:Finn Cycle;Subject:Irish Mythological Cycle;Subject:Cycles of the Kings;Subject:antiquarian literature (early modern) | |||
|Type=history;compilation;compendium | |||
|Categories=Irish texts; Cycles of the Kings; Finn Cycle; Irish legendary history; Mythological Cycle; Ulster Cycle | |Categories=Irish texts; Cycles of the Kings; Finn Cycle; Irish legendary history; Mythological Cycle; Ulster Cycle | ||
|ShortDescription=The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in ''c''. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (''an díonbhrollach''), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).<!--- It contains a vindicatory introduction (''an díonbhrollach'') consisting of 9 subdivisions (''ailt''), Book I (52 subdivisions), Book II (34 subdivisions) and a collection of appendices, mainly genealogies and synchronisms. ---> | |ShortDescription=The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in ''c''. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (''an díonbhrollach''), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).<!--- It contains a vindicatory introduction (''an díonbhrollach'') consisting of 9 subdivisions (''ailt''), Book I (52 subdivisions), Book II (34 subdivisions) and a collection of appendices, mainly genealogies and synchronisms. ---> | ||
|AuthorAuto=Keating (Geoffrey) | |AuthorAuto=Keating (Geoffrey) | ||
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|comments=Version in English translation (end of the 17th century). | |comments=Version in English translation (end of the 17th century). | ||
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