Note 4 — Chapter I · The Early History—Before A. D. 843.

Tigh. 502, 574. Adam. Vit. Col. (Reeves), App. 2, p. 435. Bed. Ecc. Hist., l. 3, c. 3. According to Beda, the grant of Iona was made by the Pictish king, and the question is a matter of dispute—as what question in early Scottish history is not? Dr. Reeves, the learned editor of Adamnan, is inclined to a compromise, Conal granting, and Bruidi confirming, the grant.