An exhibition of Ireland's history opens tonight in Trinity College Dublin.
The showpiece will be the Annals of the Four Masters, a chronicle of Irish history from pre-history to 1616, compiled by Irish Franciscan monks and reunited for the first time since 1636.
The chronicle was one of the first attempts to write a full modern history of the country.
The exhibition Writing Irish History: the Four Masters and their World, is a collaborative exhibition between the Irish Franciscans, the Royal Irish Academy, Trinity and University College Dublin.
It forms part of the Louvain 400 commemoration that celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Franciscan college of St Anthony's in Louvain in Belgium.
