Ségéne’s Death
Archived: 3 November 2026
Abstract
In 652 CE, the Irish annalistic record conventionally places a striking cluster of deaths among leading churchmen alongside a local dynastic battle in the midlands. Yet this is also a year that demands unusual chronological care. The surviving Annals of Ulster group these notices under U652, but their own kalend entry identifies the year as AD 651; related chronicles and later compilations distribute some of the same material under different years. The safest conclusion is not that every event can be fixed to a modern 1 January–31 December 652, but that these events belong to the narrowly defined historical horizon