 500 - Abt 559 (59 years)
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| Name |
Gabhran of Argyll MacDomangairt [1] |
| Suffix |
King of Scots |
| Birth |
500 |
Argyll, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Gabrán MacDomangart |
| Death |
Abt 559 |
| Cause: killed in battle |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07108«/b»
«b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_460.htm«/b»
"Gabran is remembered as the first of the conquering kings. He is termed `king of the Forth', and in the central territories of
the southern Picts, in Strathmore, north of Perth, Gowrie preserves his name, while beyond it Brechin is named for another
Irishman...perhaps the ally or subordinate of Gabran. The names suggest that in the middle of the sixth century Gabran's
Irish armies overran the southern Picts and planted lasting colonies on their territory." The Picts pulled themselves together,
importing a leader, Bridei, brother of the most powerful British ruler - and he defeated and killed Gabran. {-"The Age of
Arthur," John Morris (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973), pp.180-01.} "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 170-4:
"Gabran: He and his son are both called, in Welsh sources, 'the Treacherous'. Welsh pedigrees make him a son of Dyfnwal
Hen, allegedly of the line of Ceretic Guletic, regarded by later Welsh writers as an important ruler in northern Britain.
According to Welsh sources, his wife was Lleian, dau. of Brychan, the ruler who gave his name to Brecknock."
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_D%C3%A1l_Riata
«/b»List of Kings of Dál Riata
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«/b»Gabrán mac Domangairt (Son of Domangart)«b»
«/b»Died c. 560
His death may be associated with «u»Bridei son of Maelchon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridei_I_of_the_Picts>«/u»; duplicate obits in the Annals of Ulster; eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabr%C3%A1n_mac_Domangairt
Gabrán mac Domangairt«/b» was king of «u»Dál Riata «/u» in the middle of the 6th century. He is the «u»eponymous «/u» ancestor of the Cenél nGabraín.
The historical evidence for Gabrán is limited to the notice of his death in the «u»Irish annals «/u». It is possible that his death should be linked to a migration or flight from «u»Bridei mac Maelchon «/u», but this may be no more than coincidence.«u»[1]
«/u»«b»Cenél nGabraín
«/b»Gabrán's chief importance is as the presumed ancestor of the Cenél nGabraín,«u»[2]«/u» a kingroup which dominated the kingship of Dál Riata until the late 7th century and continued to provide kings thereafter. Kings of «u»Alba «/u» and of «u»Scotland «/u» traced their descent through Gabrán to his grandfather «u»Fergus Mór «/u», who was seen as the ultimate founder of the royal house as late as the 16th and 17th centuries, long after the «u»Gaelic «/u» origins of the kingdom had ceased to have any real meaning.
Unlike the «u»Cenél Loairn «/u», the «u»Senchus Fer n-Alban «/u» does not list any kindreds within the Cenél nGabraín. However, probable descendants of Gabrán, such as «u»Dúnchad mac Conaing «/u» and his many kinsmen, would appear to have disputed the succession with the descendants of «u»Eochaid Buide«/u» grandson of Gabrán, so that this absence of explicit segments in the kindred may be misleading.«u»[3]«/u» A genealogy of «u»David I of Scotland «/u» in the «u»Book of Ballymote «/u» notes the following divisions:
«tab» After «u»Áedán mac Gabráin «/u», between the main line, called "the sons of «u»Eochaid Buide «/u»" and "the children of «u»Cináed mac Ailpín «/u»", and the "sons of Conaing"
«tab»After Eochaid Buide, between the main line and the "children of Fergus Goll" and the "children of «u»Connad Cerr «/u» ... or the men of «u»Fife «/u»", although modern studies make Connad Cerr a member of the «u»Cenél Comgaill «/u»
«tab»After «u»Eochaid mac Domangairt «/u», between the main line and the Cenél Comgaill
The domain of the Cenél nGabraín appears to have been centred in «u»Kintyre «/u» and «u»Knapdale «/u» and may have included «u»Arran «/u», «u»Jura «/u» and «u»Gigha «/u». The title king of Kintyre is used of a number of presumed kings of the Cenél nGabrain. Two probable royal sites are known, «u»Dunadd «/u», which lies at the northern edge of their presumed lands, and Aberte (or Dún Aberte), which is very likely the later «u»Dunaverty «/u» on the headland beside «u»Southend, Kintyre «/u».
«u»Kilmartin «/u» may have been an important early «u»Christian «/u» site by reason of its proximity to Dunadd and its dedication to «u»Saint Martin of Tours «/u», as may «u»Kilmichael Glassary «/u». However, there appears to be no religious site of the importance of «u»Lismore «/u» in the lands of the rival Cenél Loairn.
«b»References
«tab»«u»«/b»Adomnán of Iona «/u», «i»Life of Saint «u»Columba «/u»«/i», tr. & ed. Richard Sharpe. Penguin, London, 1995. «u»ISBN 0-14-044462-9 «/u»
«u»«tab»Bannerman, John «/u», «i»Studies in the History of Dalriada.«/i» Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1974. «u»ISBN 0-7011-2040-1 «/u»
«tab»Lane, Alan & Campbell, Ewan, «i»Dunadd: An early Dalriadic capital«/i», Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2000. «u»ISBN 1-84217-024-4 «/u»
«tab»Sharpe, Richard, "The thriving of Dalriada" in Simon Taylor (ed.), «i»Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland 500\endash 1297.«/i» Fourt Courts, Dublin, 2000. «u»ISBN 1-85182-516-9 «/u»
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| Person ID |
I5269 |
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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