Cenél nGabráin
The Cenél nGabráin was a kingroup, presumed to descend from Gabrán mac Domangairt,[1] which dominated the kingship of Dál Riata until the late 7th century and continued to provide kings thereafter. Kings of Alba and of Scotland traced their descent through Gabrán to his grandfather Fergus Mór, who was seen as the ultimate founder of the royal house as late as the 16th and 17th centuries, long after the Gaelic origins of the kingdom.
Unlike the
Senchus Fer n-Alban does not list any kindreds within the Cenél nGabráin. However, probable descendants of Gabrán, such as Dúnchad mac Conaing and his many kinsmen, would appear to have disputed the succession with the descendants of Eochaid Buide grandson of Gabrán, so that this absence of explicit segments in the kindred may be misleading.[2] A genealogy of David I of Scotland in the Book of Ballymote
notes the following divisions:
- After Cináed mac Ailpín", and the "sons of Conaing"
- After Eochaid Buide, between the main line and the "children of Fergus Goll" and the "children of Cenél Comgaill
- After Eochaid mac Domangairt, between the main line and the Cenél Comgaill
The domain of the Cenél nGabráin appears to have been centred in
Southend, Kintyre
.
Saint Martin of Tours, as may Kilmichael Glassary. However, there appears to be no religious site of the importance of Lismore
in the lands of the rival Cenél Loairn.
See also
- Origins of the Kingdom of Alba
- List of monarchs of Scotland
Notes
References
- ISBN 0-14-044462-9
- ISBN 0-7011-2040-1
- Lane, Alan & Campbell, Ewan, Dunadd: An early Dalriadic capital, Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 1-84217-024-4
- Sharpe, Richard, "The thriving of Dalriada" in Simon Taylor (ed.), Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland 500–1297. Four Courts, Dublin, 2000. ISBN 1-85182-516-9