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| Name |
Domnall the Speckled of Argyll Brecc [1] |
| Suffix |
King of Scots |
| Birth |
Abt 595 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 643 |
Strathcarron  |
| Cause: Killed in the Battle of Straith-cairmaic |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07116«/b»
«b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_457.htm
«/b»
Donald died in the Battle of Straith-cairmaic. "Breck" means "speckled". He was a noted promoter of Christianity.{Cf. "The Age of Arthur," John Morris (Scribner's, 1973, pp.183-4).} Donald I reigned 592-642.
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_D%C3%A1l_Riata
«/b»Died c. 642
Domnall Brecc, Domnall mac Echdach (Cenél nGabráin; son of Eochaid Buide)
Defeated and killed in battle at Strathcarron by «u»Eugein map Beli «/u», king of «u»Alt Clut «/u»
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domnall_Brecc
Domnall Brecc«/b» («i»Donald the Freckled«/i») (d. 642 in «u»Strathcarron «/u») was king of «u»Dál Riata «/u», in modern «u»Scotland «/u», from about 629 until 642. He was the son of «u»Eochaid Buide «/u».
He first appears in 622, when the «u»Annals of Tigernach «/u» report his presence at the battle of Cend Delgthen (probably in the east midlands of Ireland) as an ally of «u»Conall Guthbinn «/u» of «u»Clann Cholmáin «/u». This is the only battle known where Domnall Brecc fought on the winning side.
Domnall suffered four defeats after he broke Dál Riata's alliance with the «u»Cenél Conaill «/u» clan of the «u»Uí Néill «/u». In «u»Ireland «/u», Domnall and his ally «u»Congal Cáech «/u» of the «u»Dál nAraidi «/u» were defeated by «u»Domnall mac Áedo «/u» of the «u»Cenél Conaill «/u», the «u»High King of Ireland «/u», at the «u»Battle of Mag Rath «/u» («u»Moira, County Down «/u») in 637. He also lost to the «u»Picts «/u» in 635 and 638 and lastly to «u»Eugein I of Alt Clut «/u» at Strathcarron in 642, where he was killed.
A stanza interpolated into the early poem «u»«i»Y Gododdin «/u»«/i» refers to these events:
I saw an array that came from «u»Pentir «/u»,
And bore themselves splendidly around the conflagration.
I saw a second one, rapidly descending from their township,
Who had risen at the word of the grandson of Nwython.«u»[1]«/u»
I saw great sturdy men who came with the dawn,
And the head of Dyfnwal Frych, ravens gnawed it.
Domnall's son «u»Domangart mac Domnaill «/u» was later to be king of Dál Riata and from him the later kings of the «u»Cenél nGabráin «/u» were descended. A second son, Cathasach, died c. 650, and a grandson of Domnall, also called Cathasach, died c. 688.
Notes
«u»«b»1. ^«/u»«/b» Eugein was the grandson of Nwython («u»Neithon «/u»).
«b»References
«tab»«u»«/b»Anderson, Alan Orr «/u», «i»Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500\endash 1286«/i», volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. «u»ISBN 1-871615-03-8 «/u»
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| Person ID |
I5265 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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