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Dál Riata

Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland

39 dated entries naming Dál Riata, drawn from 30 separate years between 501 CE and 858 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 501Domangart Réti succeeds his father Fergus Mór, after he dies during a campaign against the Picts. He becomes the new king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland) (according to the Annals of Tigernach).source
  • 501Fergus Mór, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 507Domangart Réti, king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland)source
  • 532Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata (Scotland) (approximate date)source
  • 538Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata (Scotland).source
  • 538Comgall mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riata (approximate date)source
  • 558Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata, a Gaelic overkingdom on the western coast of Scotland.source
  • 558Gabrán mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 574Conall mac Comgaill, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 575The Convention of Druim Cett: Irish kings discuss the relationship between them and King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata. The Irish colony (now western Scotland) is confirmed, and rights to tax and levy are agreed to between the rulers.source
  • 596Battle of Raith: An invading force of Angles lands on the Fife coast near Raith (Kirkcaldy) and defeats an alliance of Scots, Britons and Picts, under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata (Scotland).source

7th century

  • 608Eochaid Buide succeeds his father Áedán mac Gabráin as king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland).source
  • 608Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 629Battle of Fid Eoin: King Connad Cerr of Dál Riata is killed by the Dál nAraidi of the over-kingdom of Ulaid in north-eastern Ireland (approximate date).source
  • 629Connad Cerr, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 637June 24 – Battle of Mag Rath: King Oswald of Northumbria sends troops to Ireland, to assist Domnall Brecc King of Dál Riata in his alliance with King Congal Cáech of Ulaid against Domnall mac Áedo High King of Ireland, during the Irish dynastic wars. Domnall Brecc, Congal and their forces are defeated near Moira. At the Mull of Kintyre (southwest Scotland), Domnall mac Áedo's fleet destroys Domnall Brecc's naval force of Dál Riata.source
  • 642Domnall Brecc, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 650Ferchar mac Connaid, king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland)source
  • 654Dúnchad mac Conaing, king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland)source
  • 660King Conall Crandomna of Dál Riata (modern Scotland) dies, and is succeeded by his nephew Domangart mac Domnaill.source
  • 660Conall Crandomna, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 664Adomnan of Iona, a contemporary Irish abbot and saint, writes that the epidemic affects all of Ireland and Great Britain, except for Dál Riata and Pictland.source
  • 673Domangart mac Domnaill, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 673King Domangart mac Domnaill of Dál Riata (Scotland) dies, and is succeeded by his nephew Máel Dúin mac Conaill. He probably submits to King Ecgfrith of Northumbria as his overlord.source
  • 688Máel Dúin mac Conaill, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 696Domnall Donn, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 697Eochaid mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 698Fiannamail ua Dúnchado becomes king of Dál Riata (Scotland), until his death around 700 (approximate date).source
  • 698Ainbcellach mac Ferchair, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 700Fiannamail ua Dúnchado, king of Dál Riatasource

8th century

  • 726Dúngal mac Selbaig is deposed as king of Dál Riata (Scotland). He is succeeded by Eochaid mac Echdach (a son of former king Eochaid mac Domangairt).source
  • 730Selbach mac Ferchair, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 733Eochaid mac Echdach, king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland)source
  • 736King Óengus I of the Picts invades the neighbouring kingdom of Dál Riata, which is subjugated. He takes the fortress of Dunadd, and establishes his rule in Scotland for over two decades.source
  • 736Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 778Áed Find, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)source
  • 781King Fergus mac Echdach of Dál Riata (Scotland)source

9th century

  • 839Áed mac Boanta, king of Dál Riatasource
  • 858February 13 – King Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín), king of the Scots, dies after a 15-year reign in which he has been crowned at Scone, and united the various parts of Scotland with his native Dál Riata. His 46-year-old brother succeeds as Donald I, king of Alba.source

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