The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,242 years after creation to AD 1616.
Entry for AD 432
Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters
Monument to the Four Masters, located at the bridge over the River Drowes near Bundoran and Kinlough, close to the homeland of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh’s family in the Bundoran townlands of Ardfarna, Drumacrin and Rathmore.
Illustration of "the four masters" by B. H. Holbrooke, 1846
Lebor Gabála Érenn is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages. There are a
Annals of the Four Masters
…insight into events such as the Desmond Rebellions and the Nine Years War from a Gaelic Irish perspective. The early part of this work is based upon the Lebor Gabála. Today, most scholars regard the Lebor Gabála as primarily a myth rather than history. It appears to be mostly based on medieval Christian pseudo-histories…
Folio 53 from the Book of Leinster. Lebor Gabála Érenn is recorded in more than a dozen medieval manuscripts and the Book of Leinster is just one of the primary sources of text. Image: Dublin, TCD, MS 1339 (olim MS H 2.18)
The authors of Lebor Gabála Érenn were strongly influenced by such religious texts as St. Augustine of Hippo's 5th-century book, City of God.
Tower of Hercules (A Coruña, Galicia)
Bantry Bay, where Cessair and her followers are said to have landed