[438] Was this the “Colman of the Britons” mentioned in the Additions to Tirechan? See Stokes’ Tripartite, Vol. ii., page 341.
[439] Bede, Book iii., c. 13.
[440] Agilbert may have been consecrated bishop in Ireland. The following are the words of Bede:—
“Venit in provinciam de Hibernia pontifex quidam nomine Agilberctus, natione quidem Gallus, sed tunc legendarum gratia Scripturarum in Hibernia non parvo tempore demoratus ... cujus eruditionem atque industriam videns rex rogavit eum, accepta ibi (in Wessex) sede episcopali, suae genti manere pontificem.”—Haddan and Stubbs, Vol. iii., p. 91.
[441] By A. G. Richey in the Introduction, for which he declares himself alone responsible. Vol. iv., c. vii.
[442] Vol. iv., page 355.
[443] Vol. iv., page 361.
[444] See O’Curry. Lectures, page 240.
[445] See Senchus Mor, p. 231.
[446] See O’Curry, Lecture iii., Vol. ii., p. 53.