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Annal Year

Archived: 10 November 2026

Abstract

Year MarkersThe surviving notices for 617 CE are brief and uneven. In the Annals of Inisfallen, the year is represented by the burning of Bennchor of Ulaid and by associated death notices. In Chronicon Scotorum, the year opens with the burning of Donnán of Aig on 17 April, the laying waste of Torach, and a death notice for Fergus son of Colmán Mór. The excerpts preserve only these named entries.The year is also visible through cross-reference, but not in a single uniform pattern. One Inisfallen notice for Bennchor points to AU 616, while the separate Donnán notice is cross-referenced to

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614 CE

Sparse Year

Archived: 10 November 2026

Abstract

Year BoundsThe evidence for 614 CE is narrow, and the surviving notices do not create a continuous narrative. In one annalistic sequence, the year marker for 614 is followed only by the burning of Bennchor. In another tradition, a 614 entry concerns a battle in Britain. A fragmentary sequence also places a star sighting under 614. These notices are separate, brief, and differently framed, so any account of the year has to stay close to each entry’s own wording.The immediate surrounding years help define the limits of the record, but they do not enlarge 614 itself. In the same Tigernach

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