Flanagans in Ancient Irish History

A quick, broad, and very general overview of the course of Irish history may be found at the World of Royalty's Irish Royalty page. Scroll to the bottom of that page for a bibliography of Irish History (with an emphasis on royalty).

Irish Pedigrees; Or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, in two Volumes, by John O'Hart is a standard reference, available in many public libraries. The most notorious feature is the genealogical decendency table for most of the clans of Ireland, showing how all were descended from Milesius of Spain. And how Milesius of Spain was descended from Adam! Bud Flanagan has compiled this descendency, detailing its direct Flanagan Connection into a .pdf file. (You'll need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer in order to view the file.) Niall Mor (of the Nine Hostages) was the father of Ulster Cairbre, (Flanagan), who was born about 367 A. D.

The Book of Ulster Surnames, by Robert Bell (ISBN 0-85640-416-0). An account which includes the Flanagans in counties Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan. I'm told that we Flanagans should pay particular attention to page 68.

The Fermanagh Story by Peadar Livingston. This out-of-print book includes history of Flanagans in County Fermanagh.

CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts has a searchable online database consisting of translations of contemporary and historical texts from many areas, including literature and the other arts. Their collection of published texts includes this list of the texts that are especially relevant to the the Flanagan name in the ancient history of Ireland:

Historical Texts:
The Annals of Ulster AD 431-1201	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
The Annals of Ulster AD 1202-1378	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
The Annals of Ulster AD 1379-1541	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
The Annals of Inisfallen	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 1 View MS RIA C iii 3 on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 2 View MS RIA C iii 3 on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 3 View MS RIA 23 P 6 (Leabhar Breac) on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 4 View MS RIA 23 P 6 (Leabhar Breac) on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 5 View MS RIA 23 P 7 on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of the Four Masters 6 View MS RIA 23 P 7 on ISOS (No Mention of Flanagan)	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of Loch Cé 1	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annals of Loch Cé 2	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Annála Connacht View MS RIA Stowe C iii 1 on ISOS	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Miscellaneous Irish Annals, Fragment I (Mac Carthaigh's Book)	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Miscellaneous Irish Annals, Fragment II	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Chronicon Scotorum	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
Fragmentary Annals of Ireland	HTML	PLAIN	SGML
And:
Geoffrey Keating: History of Ireland, Books I-II	HTML	PLAIN	SGML