Anno Witnesses
Archived: 8 November 2026
Abstract
Year WitnessThe year 627 appears in the annals as a brief cluster of notices, not as a continuous narrative. In the Four Masters, the entry is explicitly marked as the Age of Christ 627 and as the fourth year of Domhnall. It then records the battle of Ath Abla, the death of Dicul son of Fearghus at the hands of the Munstermen, and the foundation of Inis Medcoit by Bishop Aedhan.Chronicon Scotorum also preserves a 627 entry, but its contents are different. In the supplied excerpt, the year is marked under the Kalends and then records the battle of Ard