several parts of the original work are missing as from 1182 to 1199 and again from 1290 to 1299. He states that the originals were destroyed not merely by the books being burnt by marauding Vikings but also by tailors cutting the leaves of the books and slicing them off in long pieces to make their measures. Edition The translation of the Annals was first published in Dublin in 1896 and again reprinted by Llanerch Publishers in 1993. Scholars have repeatedly called for a new edition as Murphy's edition has been deemed inadequate for modern scholarly purposes. Such scholars include Prof David Dumville who has bemoaned the "poor textual condition of the Annals of Clonmacnoise and the lack of adequate modern criticism of that text". Dr Nollaig O Muraile has also expressed a wish that someone will undertake one of "those great desiderata in this particular field – namely new, up-to-date editions of the Annals of Tigernach, of Mageoghegan's Book" (i.e. the Annals of Clonmacnoise). Murphy, Denis (ed.). The Annals of Clonmacnoise. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Dublin, 1896. PDFs available from the Internet Archive here and here. See also Conall MacGeoghegan Irish annals The Chronicle of Ireland Notes References Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Welsh, 1996. Chronicles and Annals of Mediaeval Ireland and Wales, David Dumville and Kathryn Grabowski, 1984. External links Annals of Clonmacnoise History of County Offaly Irish chronicles 15th-century history books Texts of medieval Ireland Irish manuscripts