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- Dozens of chronicles, biographies, poems, medical books and other pieces of literatures from the ancient Celts
- (English, Latin, Welsh)
- Accounts of the region and people of Hibernia/Ierne. Authors include Julius Caesar, Strabo, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results within the region.
- Made available by Topos Text
- (antiquity; English translation)
- Greek traveler Strabo’s encyclopedia on the ancient world as he knew it. This portion focuses specifically on Britain, Ireland and Thule.
- Compiled by Lacus Curtius
- (7 BC; Greek transcription with English translations)
- Ora Maritima - The Seashore by Avenius
- Although considered an amateur account borrowed from 6th-century BC Massiliote Periplus, it is still valuable in its inclusion of lost works of Himilco and account of the trading habits of the inhabitants of Ireland and Britain.
- (4th century; Latin and German side-by-side)
- The Saint Patrick’s Confessio Hypertext Stack Project is about Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, who is an integrating figure in that he provides a sense of identity for the whole of Ireland, as well as for its constituent parts, the Republic, the North and abroad. His cultural and spiritual heritage can be claimed by almost any established political or social community on this island.
- (5th century; English, Gaelic, Italian and Portuguese transcriptions available)
- Irish chronicle including kings, battles, raids and many other important events. Here in English.
- (431-1540; Gaelic)
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook on Selected Sources
- In cooperation with Fordham University
- (447-1150; English transcription)
- The Short Annals of Armagh. Covers early medieval Irish history starting with the lifetime of Lóegaire mac Néill.
- (462-1134; Gaelic)
- Very long running chronicle of Irish history. Also in English.
- (433-1450; Gaelic)
- An exemplary project of digital humanities revolving around St. Patrick.
- (5th century and later; facsimiles, transcriptions, translations and commentary in multiple languages)
- Columbanus was a missionary who was important in the Hiberno-Scottish mission.
- (6th century; English facsimile)
- The Praises of Columb of the Churches
- (late 6th century; English and Irish facsimile)
- From the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities come over 400 manuscripts from medieval Ireland, including the Book of Kells
- (7th-16th century; facsimiles)
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook on the commercial revolution, trade and commerce, the church, slavery and the rise of towns.
- In cooperation with Fordham University
- (600-1270 ; English and Latin transcriptions)
- Account of the 649 battle in which King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin was sent fleeing by high-king Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine. One of the many texts found in The Book of the Dun Cow.
- From CELT
- (English translation)
- An Irish manuscript giving information on the kings
- (Latin and Irish transcription)
- Gaelic documents from digital collections at Coláiste na Rinne, Mount Melleray Abbey, National Library of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and National University of Ireland, Galway.
- (Gaelic-language facsimiles, registers and various types of apparatus).
- Major manuscript source.
- Topics include law, custom, nature, geography and behavior.
- From the Corpus of Electronic Texts
- (9th century; English translation)
- An Account of al-Ghazal’s Journey to the North
- Ballandalus
- (845; English transcription)
- An Irish illuminated manuscript, important for its early texts regarding St Patrick. Viewed as extremely valuable to the people of medieval Ireland.
- (9th century; Latin facsimile)
- Even in the tenth and twelfth centuries it was still necessary for Councils of the Church in Germany, England, and Ireland to forbid the sale of unfree Christians.
- From the Medieval Sourcebook
- (922-1171; English)
- A Gaelic Irish chronicle.
- CELT
- (976-1500; English translation)
- Annals which have been preserved only in part. Also in English.
- Æthelflæd and alliance with the Scots and Strathclyde Britons (2nd facsimile)
- (11th century; Gaelic)
- Annals which have been preserved only in part. Also in English.
- Produced in Pre-Norman Ireland, it is an excellent source on the community at 12th-century Glendalough, containing also world histories, Leinster narratives and religious poems.
- (11-12th century; facsimiles)
- Mainly an Irish version of Historia Britonum of Nennius, written in Gaelic.
- From CELT
- (11th century; transcription)
- Irish chronicle. Here in English.
- (12th century; Celtic)
- The oldest existing manuscript in Irish, a compilation of both historical and mythical texts
- (12th century; English translations)
- Online database of ancient sources::In cooperation with Fordham University
- (1100-1320; Latin and English transcriptions)
- Annals compiled by a nobleman who was imprisoned in London. A rare native source for happenings in southern Ireland and the Norman Invasion's effect on Munster.
- See CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
- (1114-1437)
- Chronicum Scotorum, a medieval Irish chronicle
- (to 1150; English translation)
- including commentary on the questionable authenticity of the papal bull.
- (1155; English transcription).
- An important source of medieval Irish genealogy, literature, and mythology, including Lebor Gabála Érenn (the Book of Invasions), Táin Bó Cuailnge (the Cattle Raid of Cooley), and the Metrical Dindshenchas.
- (1160; English translations)
- Digital objects from the four national museums of Northern Ireland:
- Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Ulster American Folk Park and Armagh County Museum.
- (Facsimiles, archives, sound and image files)
- Also known as the Annals of Multifernan, covering the years 45 to 1274
- (13th century; Latin facsimile)
- Concentrated in Bodleian Library and Corpus Christi College.
- (9th to 19th centuries; facsimiles)
- Also, calendars of all the treaties of peace entered into by the kings of England with those of Scotland; and of sundry letters and public instruments...together with catalogues of the records brought to Berwick from the Royal Treasury at Edinburgh...The Proceedings relating to the carrying back the records of Scotland...To which are added memoranda concerning the affairs of Ireland.
- (11th-13th centuries; Latin; digitized book)
- The invasions of Ireland by the Danes and other Norsemen. From the Battle of Sulcoit (967) to the victorious Battle of Clontarf (1014), with a comparison between King Brian and Alexander the Great.
- (14th century; English translation)
- Major Resource.
- (English, Irish, French and Latin transcriptions, English translations)
- (Facsimiles)
- World Wonders Project: Ireland
- Irish heritage sites viewed with Google street view technology.
- Saint Brendan’s Cathedral
- (Interactive facsimile images)
EuroDocs > History of Ireland: Primary Documents > To 1169
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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