[152] Annals of Ulster, A.D. 912.
[153] Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 939.
[154] Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 953 (= 955). Annals of Ulster, A.D. 963.
To this entry the annalist adds the following note: “Quod non factum est ab antiquis temporibus.”
Cf. Three Fragments of Annals (A.D. 873): “Bairith (O.N. Barthr), drew many ships from the sea westwards to Lough Ree…”
[155] Ancient Norway was divided by Haakon into districts (Skipreithur) each of which had in wartime to equip and man a warship: the number of these districts was fixed by law. Gulathingslög, 10. Cf. The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel, p. 151, n; etc. Cf. The Saga of Haakon the Good (Heimskr.), ch. 21.
[156] The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel, pp. 29, 86.
[157] Ib., pp. 89-102.
[158] War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, p. 109.
[159] Ib., p. 133.