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No. 2. According to the Annals Sechnall came to Ireland in 439 or 1 10, and 

 died in 448. Hence his term of ofilco cannot have been more than oi^'ht or nine 

 years. But the List assigns him thirteen years. Wo may, perhaps, assume that 

 xiii is a scribe's error for viii. Compare the errors of L in no. 13 and B in no. 55. 



No. 5. In the note B confuses larlaithe of Armagh with larlaithe of Tuam, 

 ' mac Loga meic Dana ' (Rawliuson, B 502, Facs., ed. Kuno Meyer, p. \)\, f, 1. 18). 

 The text of the Lismore Lives shows traces of a similar confusion. 



No. 6. Piitraic is probably an insertion of the scribe of Y. Omitting that 

 name, the List harmonizes with the Annals. See further below. 



No. 7. The Clann Chernaig is the Ui Niallain— a tribe which gave many 

 abbots to Armagh (Eawl., B 502, p. 140, f, 1. 27). Crich innd Ernaidhe in AU is 

 therefore probably an error. 



No 11. The Ui Tuirtri were descended from CoUa Uais (Eawl., B 502, 

 p. 146, g). The statements of the note and of the Annals are therefore equivalent. 



No. 12. The List makes the interval between the death of Duach (no, 11) and 

 Feidilmid (no. 13) 30 years, so far agreeing with the Annals. But AU know 

 nothing of Fiachra, and call the intervening abbot David. Colgan {Trias, 293) 

 identifies David with Fiachra. But the date of David's death according to AU is 

 551, while the List places the death of Fiachra in 558 ; and the genealogies of 

 David and Fiachra cannot be harmonized. AU stand alone in mentioning David, 

 for AFM merely translate AU ; and the entry is rendered suspect by the 

 anachronistic statement that he was 'legate of all Ireland.' On the other hand, 

 the Annals in Book of Leinster record the obit of ' Fiachra, abbot of Armagh,' 

 apparently between 549 and 561 (Stokes, Iripartite Life, ii, p. 515). It seems 

 therefore that the List is here to be preferred to AU. 



No. 17. Mac Laisre's term of office is given as fourteen years : the Annals 

 suggest thirteen. There is no necessary inconsistency, for, according to Gorman, 

 Mac Laisre died late in the year. 



No. 18. The Annals suggest that T6mine held office for 38 years : the number 

 in the List is 35. But the reading of the latter is somewhat uncertain. The true 

 period may be 37 years. 



No. 20. Foranntin is in L only, and is unknown to the Annals. Probably an 

 addition to the original List. 



No. 21. The genealogy of Flann Febla (Rawl., B 502, p. 89, e) shows that the 

 note is consistent with AU, 



No. 22. The note diflers from AFM (see no. 25) ; but the pedigree in Raw!., 

 B 502, p. 146, f, 1. 43, supports the List.' 



' It may be mentioned that there is considerable confusion about Senach (no. 16). 

 (1) On May 11 Gorman has Senach the smith, whom tlie gloss describes as son of Etclien 

 from Aired Brosca on Lough Erne. Tlie Martyrology of Donegal, as usual, copies 

 Gorman, iucorporatini; the gloss with the text. (2) Under Nov. "JGonnan places Senach, 

 glossed 'priest of Cell mor.' The Martyrology reproduces this, adding inter alia that 



