Related Archive: Royal Succession

Annal Year

Archived: 10 November 2026

Abstract

Year FrameThe annal compilers mark 618 CE as a distinct year inside their own chronological sequences. In the Annals of Ulster, the year opens with the Kalends of January and then gives notices under U618. Tigernach and Chronicon Scotorum also place their material under annual headings. That shared framing lets the year be identified securely, but it does not authorize adding events that the entries do not actually name.The year headings also show that 618 is part of a continuing sequence rather than a stand-alone story. Ulster’s notices are arranged after earlier annual items and then continue into later ones,

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613 CE

Ireland Witnessed

Archived: 10 November 2026

Abstract

The annals preserve only a narrow and uneven picture of Ireland in 613 CE. For that year, one tradition records the death of Mael Coba son of Aed in battle and the succession of Suibne Menn, while another tradition records the death of Aed Allain, the accession of Mael Coba, and the repose of Colman abbot of Cluain. Nearby notices are explicitly dated to adjacent years, and several later compilations attach 613-year headings to material that appears elsewhere under different regnal schemes. This account distinguishes securely dated notices from broader contextual entries and refrains from filling annal gaps with conjecture.

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