- the late 8th
century onwards. Some
scholars have seen no
revival of Dál
Riatan power after the long
period of
foreign domination (c. 637 to c. 750–760)...
- the 10th
century to
connect the
kings of Alba (Scotland) to
legendary Dál
Riatan and
Irish ancestors. In this pedigree, Alpín's
father is Eochaid, an Irish...
- Adomnán". The Cáin Adomnáin was
promulgated amongst a
gathering of Irish, Dál
Riatan and
Pictish notables at the
Synod of Birr in 697. It is a set of laws designed...
-
settle the
issue of Dál Riata's
freedom or MacAlpin's
claim to the Dál
Riatan crown.
Faced with a
recently victorious MacAlpin in the
south and a devastated...
-
brother Caustantín to the throne.
Previously thought to have been of Dál
Riatan origin and
descended from
Fergus mac Echdach,
their family is now ****umed...
- and 9th centuries,
their predecessors, the Northumbrians,
Picts and Dal
Riatans, also
fought a
number of battles.
Conflicts predating Anglo-Saxon settlement...
-
Picts recovered their lands that had been held by the
Northumbrians and Dál
Riatan Scots. He goes on to tell how the
Northumbrians who did not flee the Pictish...
-
construction of the castle,
Dunstaffnage may have been the
location of a Dál
Riatan stronghold,
known as Dun Monaidh, as
early as the 7th century. It was recorded...
-
Pictish kingdom, and by the time of the
merging of the
Pictish and Dál
Riatan kingdoms, the
Picts were
essentially a Gaelic-speaking people.
Forsyth speculates...
- of
Uurguist to the
kingship of
Fortriu in 789 was
challenged by the Dál
Riatan king
Conall mac Taidg, but Constantín
proved to be
strong leader and reigned...
