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7 unusual facts about Four Masters


Drumholm

The new friary marked the return of the Franciscan Order to Donegal for the first time since the Four Masters and the dedication of the Church in June 1952 was attended by the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera and President Sean T. O'Ceallaigh.

Early Irish literature

The greatest book of annals, with a few trifling exceptions also the latest, is known under the title of the "Four Masters".

Four Masters

Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty, four famous painters during the Ming Dynasty era in China

Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty, four famous painters during the Yuan Dynasty era in China

History of Kilkenny

The Four Masters entry was the first instance where the capital was called Ceall-Cainnigh (modernised Kilkenny).

The Annals of the Four Masters recorded the first reference Cill Chainnigh in 1085.

Ross Errilly Friary

Both Luke Wadding and the Four Masters (who refer to Ross Errilly in their Annals as Ros-Oirbhealagh) record that the abbey was founded in 1351, but this date has been called into question by numerous historians.



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Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire

But O'Donnell died at Simancus, being assisted on his death-bed by Ó Maolconaire (Four Masters, ad an. 1602) who also accompanied the remains to their last resting place in the Franciscan church at Valladolid.

Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty

The Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty is a name used to collectively describe the four Chinese painters Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Ni Zan, and Wang Meng, who were active during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).

Frederick Wedmore

This was followed by The Four Masters of Etching (1883), with original etchings by Sir FS Haden, Jules Jacquemart, JM Whistler, and Alphonse Legros; Etching in England (1895); an English edition (1894) of E Michel's Rembrandt; and a study and a catalogue of Whistler's Etchings (1886, 2nd edition 1899).

Liu Songnian

He was active from about 1190-1230 and is considered one of the Four Masters of the Southern Song dynasty, which also included Li Tang, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui.

William Samuel Johnson

In Miracle at Philadelphia, Catherine Drinker Bowen called Johnson "the perfect man to preside over these four masters of argument and political strategy i.e. fellow committee members Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and Rufus King...His presence on the committee must have been reassuring; the doctor's quiet manner disarmed." (Bowen, p. 235 of the 1986 edition)