Yearly Notices
Archived: 11 November 2026
Abstract
Dating FrameThe surviving notices place 611 CE inside annalistic year markers rather than a developed narrative. In the Annals of the Four Masters, the year appears as the Age of Christ 611 and the first year of Suibhne Meann in the sovereignty of Ireland. In the Annals of Inisfallen, the same year is represented by an entry labeled AI611.1, so the excerpt preserves a dated notice rather than a gap.This frame matters because it separates what is securely dated from what is only adjacent context. The Four Masters give 611 as a named year and add one church burning. Inisfallen
