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Gaels

language community or ethnolinguistic group associated with Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man

6 dated entries naming Gaels, drawn from 6 separate years between 343 CE and 832 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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4th century

  • 343The Western Roman Emperor Constans I is in Britain, possibly in a military campaign against the Picts and Scots (the last visit to Britain by a legitimate emperor).source

6th century

  • 558Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata, a Gaelic overkingdom on the western coast of Scotland.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

  • 617April 17 – Donnán of Eigg, Gaelic priestsource
  • 687Adomnán, Irish abbot of Iona, visits the court of King Ecgfrith, to ransom Irish captives (60 Gaels who had been captured in a Northumbrian raid).source

9th century

  • 832The Flag of Scotland: According to legend, King Óengus II of Fortriu leads an army of Picts and Scots, against the invading Angles from Northumbria, near Athelstaneford.source

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