- The Cenél
Loairn, the
descendants of
Loarn mac Eirc,
controlled parts of
northern Argyll around the
Firth of Lorne, most
probably centred in
Lorne but...
- Cenél nGabráin (based in Kintyre), Cenél nÓengusa (based on Islay), Cenél
Loairn (who gave
their name to the
district of Lorn) and Cenél
Comgaill (who gave...
- Kintyre, who
claimed descent from Gabrán mac Domangairt, and the Cenél
Loairn, who
claimed descent from
Loarn mac Eirc.
While the
Irish origin of the...
-
Ainbcellach mac
Ferchair was king of the Cenél
Loairn of Dál Riata, and
perhaps of all Dál Riata, from 697
until 698, when he was
deposed and
exiled to...
-
Selbach mac
Ferchair (died 730) was king of the Cenél
Loairn and of Dál Riata. Selbach's
existence is well-attested as he is
mentioned repeatedly in Irish...
-
Muiredach mac
Ainbcellaig was king of the Cenél
Loairn and of Dál
Riata (modern
western Scotland) from
about 733
until 736. He was the son of Ainbcellach...
- had
disputed the
crown (of Dalriada, then that of Alba)
against the Cenél
Loairn, the
later House of
Moray for the
preceding four or more centuries. The...
- the
first definite sign of
tension between the Cenél nGabráin and Cenél
Loairn, two kin-groups
claiming descent from
different ancestors of Erc. During...
- to be the son of
Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig, and thus a king of the Cenél
Loairn, Eógan is not
named in any
surviving Irish annals, nor does he
appear in...
- However, Iona was far from unique.
Lismore in the
territory of the Cenél
Loairn, was
sufficiently important for the
death of its
abbots to be
recorded with...
