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Recorded Year

Archived: 9 November 2026

Abstract

Year RecordThe strongest evidence for 620 CE comes from the annalistic entry that explicitly labels the year and then lists several deaths. It gives the tenth year of Suibhne and records Seanach Garbh, abbot of Cluain Fearta Breanainn Clonfert; Colman son of Coimgellan; Aedh son of Cumascach; Ronan son of Tuathal, lord of the Airtheara; and Cormac Caemh with Illann son of Fiachra. On this wording alone, 620 survives as a compact year of named deaths.The same entry continues with two more notices securely tied to the year by the surrounding annal rubric. One says that Mongan son of Fiachra

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616 CE

Irish Chronicle

Archived: 10 November 2026

Abstract

This study examines the evidence for Ireland in 616 CE as preserved in a small group of annalistic entries. It separates notices securely placed in that year from nearby material assigned differently in other annals. The year is marked by clerical deaths, a murder, the death of Fergus son of Colmán Mór, a ravaging of Armagh, and an earthquake in Gaul in Tigernach, while Inisfallen and Chronicon Scotorum provide partially overlapping but not identical chronologies. The result is a careful year-by-year account that preserves what is directly stated and leaves gaps unfilled within the limits of the surviving annal entries.

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