Projects funded by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Major Private Sector, North/South Projects supported by the Cultural Institutions Unit of the Department:
Commentarius Rinnuccinianus - North/South Academic Initiative
Commentarius Rinuccinianus is one of the most important primary sources
of political, diplomatic and religious history of mid-seventeenth century
Ireland (1645-1649). It provides an alternative view of Irish History which
is currently based largely on papers espousing the Ormonde view point. The
Irish Manuscripts Commission (IMC) published the Latin narrative in six
volumes between 1932 and 1949.
A group of scholars, North and South, have produced a modern English translation
of the Commentarius Rinuccinianus. The University of Ulster is the lead
institution working with colleagues in University College Dublin. The Irish
Manuscripts Commission (IMC) will publish the modern translation of the
project.