[304] Some mistakes have occurred in the course of compilation and transmission: see below, [p. 348].
[305] See Bury, Tírechán’s Memoir of St. Patrick, p. 16; but I did not see then that the source was probably Irish.
[306] Tírechán, 330₁₅₋₁₉: Muirchu, 276₁₁₋₁₄, and 300₁₀₋₁₃: Bury, ib. p. 14.
[307] “The Tradition of Muirchu’s Text,” in Hermathena, xxviii. pp. 199 sqq.
[308] On account of the notice of Auxilius (of Killossy) and Iserninus (of Kilcullen). It seems very probable that the notice of Iserninus in the Liber Arm. (f. 18) may have been derived from information furnished by Bishop Aed on the occasion of his visit to Armagh. See above [p. 253].
[309] In the Table of Contents to Book II. this is the title of the first and the last section alike; but the last item in the table was wrongly taken to be a heading of sect. 1 (though there are no other headings to the sections), until the true explanation was pointed out by Dr. Gwynn.
[310] Ann. Ult. s.a.
[311] This is the conjecture of Zimmer, Celtic Church, p. 81.
[312] These parts were first published by Rev. E. Hogan, Anal. Boll. vol. i. I have had the advantage of using a photograph of the MS., kindly given me by Dr. Gwynn.
[313] See also Todd, St. Patrick, 489; Stokes, Intr. to Tripartite, cxi. sq.; Bernard and Atkinson, Liber Hymnorum, ii. 175-6.