Baetán’s Death
Archived: 14 November 2026
Abstract
Annal GroupingThe surviving annals do not present one identical record for 581. In the Annals of Ulster, the group U581 carries the printed heading AD 580, and the notices that follow include the battle of Druim Meic Erca, the death of Baetán son of Cairell, and the expedition to Innsi Orc. The same source then moves to U582 with the printed heading AD 581, showing that the manuscript grouping and the printed year heading do not align in a simple one-to-one way.The Annals of Tigernach also arrange notices by annal group rather than by a modern CE label in the
