Diarmait Mac Murchadha died in Ferna
The Annals of Ulster report that Diarmait Mac Murchadha, king of Leinster, died in Ferna.
What this does and does not establish
MacCarthy's English translation, vol. II, p. 167; the supplied OCR reads 'Mae'. The entry's accusations and claims about absent final rites are not adopted as established facts. The note at lines 11024–11027 and 11069–11071 cites the List in L.L. as instead reporting death after Unction and penance. Ferna is explicitly the death location in the entry.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- A.D. 1171; month unspecified
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
annalsofulster0002bmac.txt: English heading at 11060–11061 explicitly gives A.D. 1171, January kalends on sixth feria, lunar age 21; death at 11061–11065. Read preceding 1170 material, the contradictory final-rites note, subsequent 1171 entries, and following 1172 English heading at 11364–11365. s1164-1191.htm.txt: lines 15–20 examined; 1171 alignment at 17 and Diarmait death synchronism at 18 support Julian AD 1171. Line 17 attributes AU feria and epact to H2 and records LC lunar age 22 versus 21 in AT/AU, without shifting the annual block. Original quotation begins at line 11061, character 347973.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster (ed. and tr. W. M. Hennessy and B. MacCarthy, 1887-1901)
Irish annalists (compiled at Armagh/Fermanagh, manuscripts of the 15th-16th c.); this volume (vol. II) edited and translated by B. MacCarthy (Dublin, 1893)
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Published English translation, as quoted
1171. Diarmait Mae Murchadha, king of the Fifth of
Leinster, after destroying many churches and territories,
died in FernaPlain reading of the quoted text, prepared by AI; the quoted wording governs
1171. Diarmait Mac Murchadha, king of the province of Leinster, after destroying many churches and territories, died in Ferna.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Annals of Ulster, vol. 2, ed. and tr. B. MacCarthy (Dublin, 1893), Internet Archive OCR text. Wording is a 19th-century translation as recognised by OCR; year headings follow the edition.
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