Caemgen’s Relics on Tour
Archived: 30 October 2026
Abstract
The Irish annal entered under AD 789 in the modern edition of the Annals of Ulster presents a country of intensely local politics, powerful churches and fragile material settlements. Its internal annal number is U790, a reminder that early Irish chronologies require care; nevertheless, the editor’s calendar heading places the cluster of notices considered here in 789 CE. The record does not describe one national event. Instead it preserves sharp glimpses from Connacht, Ulster, Leinster, Munster and the Dublin region: a battle at Áth Rois, deaths among kings and abbots, a major killing in the north-east, a church burned, and,
