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Book of Cuanu

The Book of Cuanu is a lost Irish Annal, which referred to events from the fifth to seventh centuries. It is referred to on over a dozen occasions in the Annals of Ulster, its entries having been terse accounts of battles or notable deaths.

In a short study concerning it, Eoghan O Mordha states that

<blockquote> "... by making use of the specific placename evidence in the entries attributed to the Book of Cuanu, it can be argued that, because the Cuanu entries display a bias towards recording events which took place for the most part in Lagin or the midlands, the entries can be regarded as being written somewhere in this general area." </blockquote>

The identity of Cuanu is uncertain.

See also

References

  • The Placenames in the Book of Cuanu, Eoghan O Mordha, in Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne, pp.&nbsp;189–191. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000.

External links

  • http://evergreen.27names.org/academia/historicity.html