[72] See note, [Appendix B].
[73] The Memoir by Tírechán.
[74] The Life by Muirchu.
[75] Cuchullin of legend.
[76] Then called Brene Strait.
[77] The Slaney (see [Appendix B, note]). It flows from L. Money past Raholp.
[78] It has been conjectured that the stronghold of Miliucc was on the hill of Skerry, north of Slemish, on the other side of the Braid valley. Muirchu says that Patrick saw the conflagration from the south side of Slemish. We may interpret south to mean south-west. A cross, mentioned by Muirchu, was erected on the spot where the legend supposed Patrick to have stood, and the memory of this is still preserved in the name of the townland of Cross, on a hill to the west of Slemish.
[79] Dr. W. Stokes, taking the story literally, suggests that Miliucc committed self-destruction as “a mode of vengeance” (Book of Lismore, p. 295).
[80] Mag-inis, later known as Lecale (Leath Cathail), now the baronies of Lower and Upper Lecale. It is accurately described as a peninsular plain.
[81] But meaning barn.