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Annal Year

Annal Year

Archived: 9 November 2026

Abstract

Dating EvidenceThe clearest secure evidence for AD 621 is the Annals of Ulster year block headed with that date. In the surviving entry, the notices follow one another without day-level dating and name Cenn Deilgthen, Conaing son of Aedán, several deaths, Lindas, Caemgein of Glenn dá Locha according to some, Cennbag, Ailill son of Cellach, and Colgu son of Cellach. The record is terse, but the year itself is explicit.That same block also shows the limits of what can be said with confidence. The passage offers a sequence of notices, yet it does not explain how they relate to one

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