Analyses the principal Irish chronicles and proposes that the chroniclers were in contact with each other, exchanging written notices of events. Reconstructs th

Collectively the Irish annals represent a substantial and important source for the history and culture of Ireland. These texts provide the primary witness for m

When Henry II accepted the Leinster king Diarmait Mac Murchada as his liegeman in 1166, he forged a bond between the English crown and Ireland that has never be

There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and thr

"This edited volume will make a major contribution to our appreciation of the importance of classical literature and learning in medieval Ireland, and particula