[1] The text can be regarded as an ecclesiastical counterpart to Baile in Scáil, which provided a model for the structure of the tale and which is referred to in § 58.
[2] One night, Bricín of Túaim Dreccon heard the noise of an Easter celebration in heaven and asked God for any news.
Most of the text is occupied by this list, which includes a variety of details about the clerics in question.
The text ends with a brief note on St Patrick's intervention for the Irish on Judgment Day.
Eugene O'Curry: Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, pp.