Note 514 — Chapter III · THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND. 795–1172.
Reading edition
Ib.·/·Gir. Cambr. Expugn. Hibern., l. i. c. 22 (Dimock, vol. v. p. 266). This would bring the beginning of the siege to Midsummer at latest, for it was certainly over by the middle of August. The Four Masters (as above)·/·, a. 1171 (O’Donovan, vol. ii. p. 1185) make it last only a fortnight.