Ireland Observed
Archived: 11 November 2026
Abstract
Year LimitsThe surviving evidence for 612 CE is sparse and brief, but it is explicitly year-marked in several annalistic sequences. The Fragmentary Annals begin their 612 material with the beginning of Mael Coba’s reign and add that he reigned three years. Tigernach also has a 612 entry, but its contents are different: To-Lua the Tall rests, and a star is seen at the seventh hour of the day. The year is visible, yet never expanded into a continuous narrative.Inisfallen likewise preserves a 612 sequence, but its notices are different again. It records the repose of Sillán and Aedán, the burial
