m duo uniuersim monitum uelim; primum
est, quod Hibernorum sanctorum acta passim dubia sint fidei, et
a scriptoribus minime accuratis ac aetate longe posterioribus
conscripta; alterum est, quod in iisdem frequens occurrat rerum
simillimarum narratio, quas uariis sanctis adscribunt, ita ut nescias
cui tuto adscribi possint._--Acta Sanctorum, September, vol. iii, p.
372).]

[Footnote 3: Even the date of Ciaran's death may have been
manipulated, in order to make his age conform to the age of Christ.
As we shall see below, traditions vary.]

[Footnote 4: The end of the
world is not actually mentioned in the Annals, but the expected plague
referred to was undoubtedly the apparition of the mysterious _Roth
Ramhach_, or "oar-wheel," an instrument of vengeance that was to
herald the end of all things. For the references to this prophecy see
O'Curry's _Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History_ (index, _sub
voce_ "Roth Ramhach"), and the present writer's _Study of the Remains
and Traditions of Tara_ (Proceedings Royal Irish Academy, vol. xxxiv,
sect. C, p. 231 ff.).]

[Footnote 5: The following corrections may be noticed. Page 201 of
printed text, line 7, _for_ Et cum _read_ Cumque. Same page, line 24,
_for_ factum _read_ factam (_sic_). Page 202, line 6, _after_ vitulum
_add_ ilico canis famelicus iruit (_sic_) in uitulum. Same page, line
25, _after_ fregit _add_ et fracto capite effussoque cerebro canis
periit. Same page, line 33, _after_ narrabant _add_ hoc. Same page,
lines 35, 38, _for_ vaccam _read_ vacam. Page 203, line 35, _for_
Angeli _read_ Angli. Same page, line 39, _insert_ et _after_ generis.
Page 204, line 7, Innsythe appears to be written in the MS. as one
word. Same line, _insert_ uidit _before_ zabulum. Same page, line 18,
_after_ flumen _add_ et ibi mersum est. Page 205, line 32, _read_ est
ostensum. Page 206, line 18, _after_ libri _add_ ad locum. Same page,
line 32, _after_ manducans _add_ in illa die. Same page, line 38,
_read_ Kyaranus. Same page, line 40, _read_ Maelgharbh. Page 207, line
13, _after_ recepit _add_ ipse. Page 208, line 16, _for_ complebit
_read_ implebit. Page 209, line 23, _delete_ et _after_ clamor; and
in the next line _for_ impediebant _read_ -bat. Page 211, line 14,
_insert_ in _before_ istis. Same page, line 16, _read_ loco isto.
Same page, line 40, _read_ edifficio. Page 212, line 2, _read_
edifficiorum. Page 213, line 10, _after_ ignem _insert_ nostrum. Same
page, line 21,