Kuno Meyer

“ The hymn in the form in which it has come down to us cannot be earlier than the eighth century.
'An Evening Song.'—Printed in my Selections from Old-Irish Poetry, p. 1. Though ascribed to Patrick, the piece cannot be older than the tenth century.
'Patrick's Blessing on Munster.'—Taken from the Tripartite Life of Patrick, edited by Whitley Stokes (Rolls Series, London, 1887) , p. 216. Not earlier than the ninth century.
'The Hermit's Song.'—See Ériu, vol. i. p. 39, where the Irish text will be found. The poem dates from the ninth century. ”

“ The 'Triads of Ireland.' Edited and translated by me in the Todd Lecture Series of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xiii. (Hodges, Figgis and Co., Dublin, 1906) . The collection was made towards the end of the ninth century. ”

“ The date is probably the late tenth or early eleventh century.
'On the Flightiness of Thought.'—See Ériu, iii. p. 13. Tenth century.
'To Crinog.'—The Irish text was published by me in the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, vol. vi. p. 257. The date of the poem is the tenth century. Crinog was evidently what is known in the literature of early Christianity as ἀγαπητή, virgo subintroducta (συνεισάκτος) or conhospita, i.e. a nun who lived with a priest, monk, or hermit like a sister or 'spiritual wife' (uxor spiritualis) . ”