The Annals of Innisfallen exhibition to open at UCC
The Annals of Innisfallen, a significant medieval manuscript documenting Irish history from the pre-Christian era to the 15th century, is on public display at University College Cork. The exhibition marks the first time the document has been shown in Ireland in 40 years.
Why it matters
The manuscript is a vital primary source for understanding medieval Irish history, language, and cultural development.
The Annals of Innisfallen is on public display in Ireland for the first time 40 years, in an exhibition that has opened at University College Cork.
The annals chronicle life in Ireland from before the arrival of St Patrick until the 15th Century.
They were mainly written by monks at an abbey located on an island on the Lakes of Killarney and are regarded as one of Ireland's most important medieval manuscripts.
The Annals of Innisfallen are a single, bound manuscript consisting of 57 vellum leaves and written in Latin and Irish.
They document a year-by-year history of Ireland - specifically Munster - including invasions, Viking raids on Sceilig Mhichíl and the coming of the Normans.
They are a continuous narrative of death, conflict, dramatic weather events and unusual occurrences in one of the most important surviving records of medieval Ireland.
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