 Dal Cuinn: Dal Riata Predecessors
Created by: * Glaisne Niall, 2007-09-07 18:08:08
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According to the tradition of Cineal ua Dhomhnuil, Eochaidh Duibhlein (Eochu), King of Aileach, had married an Alban Princess, Ailech, daughter of an Alban king, perhaps of the Epidii, thus acquiring her property (under the pagan Gaelic tradition of matrilineal succession) and giving the Dál Cuinn interests in Alba. Ailech was probably not the mother of either “Niall Noígiallach” nor of Eochu’s other son “Eochaidh Mugmedón.” An old Irish poem describes the Princess as “a mild, true woman, modest, blooming till the love of the Gael disturbed her, and she passed with him from the midst of Kintyre to the land of Ulaidh.” Their three sons all eventually bore the name of Colla - Colla Uais, Colla Meann and Colla da Crich. The designation Colla was “imposed on them for rebelling” and means a strong man, their original names being Aodh, Muredach and Cairsall.
Erc, King of Irish Dalriada (- posts)
