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Source: The Scottish History Society - Cenél nGabráin

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Titre	The Scottish History Society - Cenél nGabráin

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DOMNALL The Speckled Brecc King of Dál Riata DR01

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O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson (eds.), Adomnán’s Life of Columba (first published London & Edinburgh, Nelson, 1961; new edition Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991) J. Bannerman, Studies in the History of Dalriada (Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1974) P. Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000 (first published London, Arnold, 1984; republished Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1989)

O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson (eds.), Adomnán’s Life of Columba (first published London & Edinburgh, Nelson, 1961; new edition Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991)
J. Bannerman, Studies in the History of Dalriada (Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1974)
P. Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000 (first published London, Arnold, 1984; republished Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1989)

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Domnall Brecc, king of Dalriada (or Cenél nGabráin) 631-42 Scotland’s first proverbial ‘king who just could not get anything right’, he was a grandson of Áedán who inherited a messy situation. His Cenél Comgaill predecessor Connad died in battle alongside some Cenél nGabráin princes in a catastrophic engagement against the Uí Chóelbad, the dominant group of the Cruithnian nation in north-east Ireland. Perhaps understandably, Domnall sought the friendship of the Uí Chóelbad king Congal; as a result he found himself at war with Columba’s family, Cenél Conaill, in 639, for which observers at Iona vilified him. In 636 and 640 Domnall lost battles closer to home against unspecified Dalriadan enemies; the second of these defeats saw the throne taken from him by the son of his predecessor Connad. Perhaps predictably, Domnall lost his life in the course of losing a battle; less predictably, his foes on that occasion were Britons from Dumbarton, who killed Domnall in an encounter in Strathcarron.

Domnall Brecc, king of Dalriada (or Cenél nGabráin) 631-42
Scotland’s first proverbial ‘king who just could not get anything right’, he was a grandson of Áedán who inherited a messy situation. His Cenél Comgaill predecessor Connad died in battle alongside some Cenél nGabráin princes in a catastrophic engagement against the Uí Chóelbad, the dominant group of the Cruithnian nation in north-east Ireland. Perhaps understandably, Domnall sought the friendship of the Uí Chóelbad king Congal; as a result he found himself at war with Columba’s family, Cenél Conaill, in 639, for which observers at Iona vilified him. In 636 and 640 Domnall lost battles closer to home against unspecified Dalriadan enemies; the second of these defeats saw the throne taken from him by the son of his predecessor Connad. Perhaps predictably, Domnall lost his life in the course of losing a battle; less predictably, his foes on that occasion were Britons from Dumbarton, who killed Domnall in an encounter in Strathcarron.