Irish Chronicle
Archived: 8 November 2026
Abstract
Yearly FrameThe clearest evidence for 626 CE comes from the annal entries that explicitly mark the year in their own sequence. The Annals of Ulster place several notices under AD 626, including a battle at Ard Corann, a battle at Carn Feradaig in Cliu, and a vision seen by Fursa. The same textual frame also identifies the death of Fiachna son of Demán within that year, so the surviving record is not empty, only brief and selective.The year is also legible through adjacent annal traditions, though not every entry stands in the same place in every compilation. The Annals of