Cenél Loairn
The Cenél Loairn, the descendants of
Crinan.[1] The chief religious site may have been on Lismore, later the seat of the High Medieval bishop of Argyll
.
Descendants of Loarn
Several
kings of Dál Riata
were members of the Cenél Loairn, and thus claimed descent from Loarn :
- Ferchar Fota
- Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
- Selbach mac Ferchair
- Dúngal mac Selbaig
- Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig
In High Medieval times the
Mormaers of Moray claimed descent from Loarn:[2]
- Findláech mac Ruaidrí
- Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti
- Gille Coemgáin mac Máil Brigti
- Mac Bethad mac Findláich (also king of Alba)
- Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin(also king of Alba)
- Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich
- Óengus
Notes
- ^ Bannerman, John "The Scots of Dalriada" in Menzies (1971). p. 68
- ISBN 978-1107693913. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
References
- ISBN 0-7011-2040-1
- ISBN 978-0-9570002-0-9
- ISBN 0-85115-375-5
- Menzies, Gordon (ed) (1971) Who are the Scots: A search for the origins of the Scottish nation. BBC.
- Woolf, Alex, From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070 Edinburgh University Press, 2007.