The Annals of Ulster – Written on an Island on Lough Erne Step back into Medieval Ireland with Séamas Mac Annaidh as he reveals the story of Belleisle – once the stronghold of the Mac Manuses. Here, under the patronage of Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa, grandson of chieftain Tomás Óg Maguire, the historic masterpiece of the Annals of Ulster were compiled. Local scholar Ruaidhri Ó Luinín painstakingly wrote the original manuscript on Ballymacmanus Island (now Belleisle) between 1489 and 1505. These chron