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Áedán mac Gabráin
Áedán mac Gabráin (d. c.606), king of Dál Riata, is the earliest Irish ruler in Scotland to be more than a name. Iona entries in the Annals of Ulster record his fighting for the succession after the death of Conall mac Comgaill in 574, and his battles against the Picts in Orkney and in eastern Scotland, the Britons in Manaw Gododdin, and the English of Northumbria, battles in which he was not always successful but which indicate the range of his interests and ambitions. Áedán is closely associated with St Colum Cille at the meeting of kings at Druim Cett and in the story recounted by Adomnán of how the saint ‘ordained’ him as king of Dál Riata.
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"Áedán mac Gabráin." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Áedán mac Gabráin." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ednmacGabrin.html "Áedán mac Gabráin." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ednmacGabrin.html |
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Ædan mac Gabhrain
Ædan mac Gabhrain (d. c.608), king of Dalriada. He was crowned on Iona in 574 by St Columba, his spiritual adviser, and was politically significant. Ædan established a powerful kingdom, first gaining authority over the Irish Dalriada at the convention of Druim Cett in 575. Successful campaigns included expeditions to the Orkneys and the Isle of Man. But in 603 he led a great army against the powerful Northumbrian king Æthelfryth at Degsastan, thought to be in Liddesdale. Soundly defeated and his army destroyed, he fled, which may be why, in Welsh tradition, he is known as ‘Ædan the traitor of the North’.
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JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-danmacGabhrain.html JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-danmacGabhrain.html |
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Ædan mac Gabhrain
Ædan mac Gabhrain (d. c.608), king of Dalriada. He was crowned on Iona in 574 by St Columba, his spiritual adviser. Ædan established a powerful kingdom, first gaining authority over the Irish Dalriada at the convention of Druim Cett in 575. Successful campaigns included expeditions to the Orkneys and the Isle of Man. But in 603 he led a great army against the powerful Northumbrian king Æthelfryth at Degsastan. Soundly defeated, he fled, which may be why, in Welsh tradition, he is known as ‘Ædan the traitor of the North’.
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JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-danmacGabhrain.html JOHN CANNON. "Ædan mac Gabhrain." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-danmacGabhrain.html |
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Áedán mac Gabráin
Áedán mac Gabráin, Gabhráin. Irish warrior who founded the kingdom of Dál Riada in Argyllshire (since 1974, Strathclyde); a close friend of Colum Cille (St Columba). He extended his control eastward among the Picts; cited elsewhere as doing battle with the Saxons. His son Eochaid Buide called himself ‘king of the Picts’.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Áedán mac Gabráin." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Áedán mac Gabráin." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-ednmacGabrin.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Áedán mac Gabráin." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-ednmacGabrin.html |
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