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- Pól Breathnach, Memoranda Gadelica, Irish Book Lover 19 (Dublin 1931), pp. 166–71.
- Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history (Dublin 1861; repr. Dublin, 1878 and 1995).
- Paul Walsh, The dating of Irish annals, in Irish Historical Studies 2 (1941), pp. 355–75.
- Gearóid Mac Niocaill, The medieval Irish annals (Dublin: DIAS 1975).