men of that area or more specifically a military family such as the de la Freignes." Indeed, the latter family are mentioned fulsomely in his annals. As a person "from a military and chivalric background ... he displayed an acceptance of the military situation on the ground" but abhorred "treachery and unprovoked violence." Clyn would be unknown as the author had he not identified himself in his entry on the Black Death. In 2007 an edition of the annals of Friar Clyn was translated into English by Dr. Bernadette Williams. Notable entry "So that notable deeds should not perish with time, and be lost from the memory of future generations, I, seeing these many ills, and that the whole world encompassed by evil, waiting among the dead for death to come, have committed to writing what I have truly heard and examined; and so that the writing does not perish with the writer, or the work fail with the workman, I leave parchment for continuing the work, in case anyone should still be alive in the future and any son of Adam can escape this pestilence and continue the work thus begun." See also 1349 in Ireland Mícheál Ó Cléirigh John Colgan Patrick Fleming (Franciscan) Michael Shiell References The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn, edited and translated with an Introduction, by Bernadette Williams, Four Courts Press, 2007. John Clyn - Catholic Encyclopedia article External links https://archive.org/stream/irishecclesiast01recogoog#page/n307/mode/2up John Clyn's Annals of Ireland See also Irish annals Annals of Ulster The Chronicle of Ireland Chronicon Scotorum 1280s births 1340s deaths People from County Kilkenny Irish Friars Minor 14th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 14th-century Latin writers 14th-century Irish historians Irish chroniclers Year of birth uncertain Irish scribes Medieval European scribes Irish Latinists