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This extensive work details various periods of Irish history, from the Iron Age through 1704. It contains information on early civilizations, governments, ethnic groups, localities, geographical features, architecture, wars; royal lineages, and church histories and architecture, among other topics. Included are extensive chronologies as well as lists of nobles, clergymen, and government officials, with detailed sections on the major events in Irish history organized by year and, in alternate sections, by county.
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There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them to become accepted as an authentic, reliable and comprehensive record of Gaelic society. Drawing on a rich heritage of manuscript sources on Irish history, these annals have long been regarded as an essential element of the cultural capital of a community that valued its Gaelic past. The Four Masters' approach to making their own annals conveys their regard for the older written records that had preserved for them, in manuscript, the history of their ancestors. This study surveys the scholarly and political context, both Irish and European, that inspired the annalists, reconstructing the networks of professional expertise and patronage that contributed to the pursuit of scholarship about the Irish past. The original manuscripts of these annals are used to illuminate how the annalists collaborated in the production and revision of their magnum opus, while comparison with the extant source texts consulted by the annalists reveals their priorities and their understanding of the world in which they lived.