172 on the morn. June 29, 1315 (Annals, p. 345).
188 Half-deill ane dyner. In the Alexander Clarus says of the army of Alexander:
“And thay ar anely till dynare
To our great hoste” (pp. 308-9).
224-6 “The Scots took the town, spoiled and burned, and slew all who resisted” (Annals, 344).
252 Kilross. “(Cill-rois of Adamnan) is now Maghross, or Carrickmacross” (Innes).
254 Richard of Clare. According to the Annals, Edmund de Butler (p. 345).
257 A gret hoost. “A great army”; and Richard de Burgh with “an innumerable army” as well. They came together to the district of Dundalk (p. 345).
270 to ges. Barbour usually “guesses” ten thousand to “a battle,” as here and elsewhere.
280 gadering of the cuntre. I.e., “mere countrymen not skilled soldiers.” This great army was raised from Munster, Leinster, and Connaught (Annals, p. 345), and Edward Bruce’s description is no doubt right.