De Locis Sanctis provides no evidence for the presence of a text of the Vetus Latina or the Septuagint in the library of Iona in the last quarter of the seventh century; quotations from these texts may have been drawn from an intermediate source.
Discusses potential historical and literary contexts for Adomnán’s Vita Sancti Columbae, ii 27. A literary model is suggested from the Dialogi of Sulpicius Severus.
[1.] Introduction; [2.] Anno Domini dating; [3.] Bissextile; [4.] Anno Domini dating in AU; [5.] The origin of March-Anno Domini dating; [6.] Ferials and epacts; [7.] Au’s list of papal succession; [8.] Bissextile data; [9.] Anno Mundi; [10.] Pre-AD dating of records in Ireland; [11.] Conclusion: AU includes two different dating systems. Discusses the historical background for the adoption of 1 January or 25 March as the date for the beginning of the year.
Review article of: St. Cuthbert, his cult and his community to ad 1200, ed. by Gerald Bonner, David Rollason and Clare Stancliffe (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1989). Vs. Michelle P. Brown, ‘The Lindisfarne scriptorium from the late seventh to the early ninth century’, pp. 151–63. Argues that Insular majuscule developed in Ireland and the Durham and Echternach gospels had common roots in Ireland.
Poem beg. Aimirgein Glúngel tuir tend (63 qq.) by Gilla in Choimded Úa Cormaic, dated to c. 1050-1150 on linguistic grounds. Ed. with Engl transl. and notes from MSS Book of Uí Maine, NLI G 488 and King’s Inns 20. Incl. app. on the language of the text, and indexes.
On the influence of politics on the historiography of vikings in Ireland. [1.] Finds, collections, and publications: Early nineteenth century; [2.] Scandinavian research, 1870–1970; [3.] Nationalist history 1900–1930; [4.] Criticism and acceptance of Cogadh [= Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib], 1930–60;.
Suggests that the Basilica of St. Martin mentioned in BNF Latin 10837 was located in or near Baslick (Co. Roscommon). Cf. D. Ó Cróinín, in Peritia 3 (1984), pp. 33, 35.