Three Hundred Years of Weather Extremes from the Annals of Connacht - Ludlow, Francis (My University, 2006)
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This paper provides a preliminary investigation into the considerable body of evidence relating to weather extremes and natural hazards reported in the native Irish annals, described by the noted Gaelic scholar, Brian ? Cu?v, as ?the most copious and reliable native sources for the history of Ireland.? It will focus on the years covered by one particular set, currently known as The Annals of Connacht, the surviving text of which runs, with some gaps, from AD 1224 to 1544.
Keywords: Making Ireland; Smart & Sustainable Planet; Agriculture, settlement and society in medieval Ireland; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY (CLIVAR); CLIMATE-CHANGE; Climate Change; Climate Change; Climate Change; Climate Change; Climate Change Impacts on the Environment; Climate History; Earth Sciences for Climate Research; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; Historical Climate Research; Historical Climatology; Irish History; Irish climate; Late Medieval Ireland, 1166-1534; Medieval Ireland; Medieval Ireland; Natural Hazards; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; climate change impacts; climate research; environmental history; extreme weather; weather extremes; History