Discusses the terms recht litre and recht aicnid
as used in the ‘pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas már' and interprets the episode as an allegory of the transition from pagan to Christian in Irish culture. Criticises K. McCone, in Peritia 5 (1986), pp. 1-35.
Argues, through the analysis of characters, chronology and contents, that the tale-list is arranged in two fivefold groups, each constituting a single narrative of identical plot.
Expands on J. F. Nagy's discussion (in The wisdom of the outlaw: the boyhood deeds of Finn in Gaelic tradition, Berkeley 1985) of the marginal fili and examines in detail two Irish narratives concerning Amairgen, son of Ecet Salach and Senchán Torpéist.