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Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
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Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe, antiquary and Franciscan friar, and the chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters, assisted by Cú Choigcrí
Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters. Ó Cléirigh's signature is first in the list
Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters. Ó Cléirigh's signature is first in the list
Annals of the Four Masters
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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.
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
…c. 1590 – c. 1643), sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe, antiquary and Franciscan friar, and the chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters, assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Peregrinus Ó Duibhgeannain. He was a member of the Ó Cléirigh bardic family. The…
Entry for AD 432
Entry for AD 432
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 fa
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
Illustration of "the four masters" by B. H. Holbrooke, 1846