The source for this text includes an introduction, Irish text & English
translation on facing pages, and notes. The introduction and the notes
are quite lengthy and should take longer to transcribe than the English
text. Except for the part of the introduction specific to the "Life of
Declan" and a few notes transplanted in brackets to the body of the text
I have not transcribed them. Due to inexperience with the Irish language
and its alphabet/font I have decided not to attempt to transcribe the
Irish text. Hopefully someone with the appropriate talent and interest
will undertake that task some day. I have corrected the errata as
indicated in the source and a few obvious printer errors. Please note
that this text is full of variant spellings of names and words sometimes
inconsistently applied.