Keating, Geoffrey, ? 1580-1644 (historian)

Person

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Dates

Existence: ? 1580 - 1644

Biography

Geoffrey Keating was born in a village near Burgess in the county of Tipperary, Ireland. He attended a nearby school, before completing his education at university abroad. He returned to Ireland over twenty years later, having been ordained a Roman Catholic priest. Keating preached in the south of Ireland, before settling in the glen of Aherlow, Tipperary, and devoting his time to writing. His history of Ireland, entitled 'Foras Feasa ar Eirinn' (Foundation of Knowledge in Ireland), the preface of which was dated 1629, was the first connected history of Ireland written in the Irish language, and became popular throughout Ireland.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Geoffrey Keating: History of Ireland

File

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4181

Scope and Contents

Transcribed by Conchubhar O'Corbain for Seamus og McCoitir (James Cotter junior), September 1709, 206 folios: (fos 10-12v) list of kings of Ireland; (fos 15-29) preface; (fos 30-198) text. On fos 1 and 10 is the signature of James Cotter, 18th century.

Dates: 1709

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Found in: Cambridge University Library

Fonds

Geoffrey Keating: 'History of Ireland' (transcribed by Diarmuid O'Mulchaoine)

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.619

Scope and Contents

Transcribed for the Revd Morgan O'Brien, parish priest of Newcastle, Co. Limerick. The original first went into circulation in manuscript in 1634. Marginal subheadings in English, in O'Mulchaoine's hand. Flyleaf: note on Keating's chapel at Tubrid, by J. O'Donovan, Clonmel, 1840. A few notes by O'Donovan elsewhere in the text.

Dates: 1770