I am writing an history fiction eBook and Aédán mac Gabráin is one of the main characters. Thanks for this useful video!

Very much enjoyed, great explanation of ancient passed ancestry, thank you, O hEochaidh, Fiatach dynasty, all the very best.

The chart at 48:37 indicates a hybrid sea/land assault capacity that should be carefully regarded. Either would be notable, together it is a clue to the sophistication of Dalriada and its ability to move martial forces with such ease on both land a sea. Some of the longest forays came in the earliest years, so they really "knew the territory" well by the time they reached their zenith. Although "Dal Riata" was a unique kingdom with floating boundaries, Iona remained something of a constant at the center of a spiritual realm that spread all the way to Europe.

@jmartin0805

2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@cowalhistory7598

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jason!

I'm starting a branch of the Empire of mideival pursuits in Idaho and we're based on Dal Riata. Your content is brilliant, thank you.

@cowalhistory7598

2 жыл бұрын

@Scott Hasner thank you very much! Best of luck in your venture

This is great! Thanks for making this video!

🌀No mention of St. Moluga who worked out of Lismore. He spoke a few languages. Did he not help Columba when dealing with Pictish nobility?

Thank you so much for posting these enlightening videos

Brilliant video, informative and unpretentious. Thankyou.

That was as good as any history programme on the BBC!

Another great vid and you mentioned Clan MacLachlan! First time I have heard someone mention a later clan name with Dalriada and it’s tribes. Is there a resource that lists all the clans that were known to have come from dalriada? Can’t find these connections anywhere except when I accidentally stumble on a random clan history that thinks it is a dalriada clan. I guess what I am asking is how did you know the Mclachlans were dalriada for sure and are there more clan examples of this?

Surely Dalriada was in county Antrim as well as Argyle

Dr Ian Adamson did some interesting work on Dalriata.

@cowalhistory7598

3 жыл бұрын

I had a look into his work - thanks for the tip!

@poundlandbandit6124

2 жыл бұрын

That’s all pseudo history

It was a sea kindom

I read that it was the Viking invasions that caused the downfall of the Picts of Alba. This allowed the Gaelic Scotti to take over pictland and create the kingdom of Scotland.

@cowalhistory7598

3 жыл бұрын

The Vikings shattered the Pictish elite at the Battle of Fortriu in 839, which created a power vacuum for new elites to step into - the half Pict-half Dalriadan Gaelic prince Kenneth macAlpin was one of these. The Viking invasions were only one factor in the downfall of Pictland and the formation of Alba, however. My videos on the Formation of Alba look into the evidence for these kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXp7yMWYptrbpJM.html

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the tale of the scotti being a tribe from ireland is what it is ...a tale.written by medieval irish monks to create a history on a par with the greeks and romans. there is absolutely no archaeological/historical evidence to suggest so.......there is from scotland to ireland. it's written and pronounced "gallic" in scotland no gaelic. the gauls/galls came from the frankish region of europe where the romans aleggedly called them scotti. they were always at war with the romans in that region. they fled to england but when the romans invaded england they then fled to and settled scotland.hence.."gallic". dalriada most likely spread from scotland to ireland.

@a44489

7 ай бұрын

Saint colman

The Scotti.The Roman name for the Irish

@waynemcauliffe2362

3 жыл бұрын

@Searlait Loughlin At the end of the day they are still Scots even though the Irish settled that area.Like the Japanese denying how China settled their country in the distant past

@waynemcauliffe2362

3 жыл бұрын

@Searlait Loughlin Exactly.I`m Aussie with a lot of old Irish in me but love my Gaelic roots

Was Dalriada started by native Scots or Gaelic Irish mate? You hear different claims.

@cowalhistory7598

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Wayne! I'm more convinced by Ewan Campbell's view, that the Dalriadan Gaels were indigenous to Argyll. The origin stories circulating in the early medieval period from the likes of Bede have them migrating across from Ireland, conquering and settling the west coast, but the archaeological record just doesn't bear this out. Its more likely that the population of Argyll found it easier to travel to, communicate and trade west across the Irish Sea than they did with the Britons or the Picts to the east. Its only 12 miles or so between the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula and the royal seat of Cenel Gabhrain at Dunaverty - they could sail that in an afternoon. To trade or communicate east the Dalriadans had to cross the Druim n'Alban mountains, which would have been a great effort and a long trip! I think that easy contact with the Irish and extended exposure to them led to a separate culture developing in the west of 'Scotland' and that's why they are so different. As you say though, there are different claims! If you're interested, check out Ewan Campbell's book, 'Saints and Sea Kings'. Its a good overview book on Dalriada and lays out his theory.

@waynemcauliffe2362

3 жыл бұрын

@@cowalhistory7598 Fair enough mate cheers

@brucecollins4729

3 жыл бұрын

@@cowalhistory7598 i have to agree.

@numerouno.5445

3 жыл бұрын

@@cowalhistory7598 Ewan Campbell is a Scottish Nationalist historian. He could be trying to create a Scottish origin myth. Although he makes some valid points. One theory is that Gaels of Irish Dalriada were originally from Scotland. Irish Dalriada (county Antrim) was part of the kingdom of Ulster. Dominant population of Ulster were known as the Cruthin. Cruthin is the Gaelic word for Pict. Ireland like Scotland was not always Gaelic speaking. When the Gaelic lanquage and culture arrived in Ireland it spread rapidly. Ireland at that time was home to a number of ethnic groups, these different groups underwent a process of Gaelicisation which gave them a common identity and culture. The Cruthin of Ulster were probably Gaelicised Celts from Northern Britain. It was these Celts who created the Kingdom of Dalriada in Ireland and Scotland. The earliest known maps of the British Isles show clearly that that the mull of Kintyre was inhabited by a people known as the Epidii. The word Epidii is Brythonic in origin, this indicates that western Scotland was P Celtic and not Q Celtic which is of Gaelic origin.

@cowalhistory7598

3 жыл бұрын

​@@numerouno.5445 Thanks for your detailed comments! I try to steer well clear of current politics with these videos. I'm aware that just as the kings and scribes of the past manipulated history to suit the politics of their time, so it happens in the modern world! I'm always careful to emphasise that through the ancient and for most of the early medieval period, there was no 'Scotland' as it is understood now, rather a collection of different ethnicities and kingdoms that occupied the northern end of the island of Britain. There is no modern political agenda in this work, just a real interest in the history of the period and the place. As with any historian (I'd hope), I'd be wary of anyone I'd identify as trying to spin the history to suit their own views. Ewan Campbell's politics aside, I do find his arguments on the origins of the Scots of Dalriada to be the most compelling based on the archaeological record. The evidence for Britons inhabiting the Dalriadan region as indicated by Ptolemy's map is - as with any evidence that comes down from this period (circa 150 AD) - is open to interpretation. Ptolemy never visited the island of Britain, so his map must be based on the accounts of others, detailed though they must have been. One theory I've heard for the Brythonic name of the Epidii tribe shown in Kintyre may be that whoever was passing the information to Ptolemy or his Roman source may have themselves been Brythonic. The tribal name could be a Brythonic label for the people who lived there rather than the tribe's own name for their people. Another theory is that the tribal group in Dalriada were Brythonic in origin and Ptolemy penned his map with its tribal names before the Q-Celtic development took place. The archaeology of Dalriada's power centres shows a higher incidence of Mediterranean luxury items than power centres of similar age in Pictland. The Dalriadans were a west facing people who clearly were enjoying regular contact with other cultures, which must have had some level of transformative effect over time. If they had sea links as far afield as the Mediterranean then it must be arguable that to these people, Ireland was the equivalent of their back yard and there must have been regular contact. There may not have been a military invasion with a genocide of indigenous Brythonic tribes, perhaps a steady bleeding of cultural ideas and identity from Ireland. If the Dalriadans were militarily powerful then I find no issue with the theory that the Cruithne accounted in Antrim were them, perhaps there from very early on before their ethnic and cultural identity evolved from their Brythonic roots? With a footprint on Ireland, the Cruithne would've been exposed to the Gaelic cultural transformation along with the rest of the island's tribal groups.

If the people of Scottish Dalriata were not Irish, Pictish or Brythonic, what ethnicity were they.

@cowalhistory7598

3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Vincent I believe they were Brythonic initially, but developed differently from Northern Britain's other tribal groups due to contact with Ireland (see reply to your comment above).

@Maestro4759

Жыл бұрын

@@cowalhistory7598 Completely disagree it's a nice nationalistic narrative but it lacks credible evidence.

@ericfisher565

9 ай бұрын

@@cowalhistory7598 thank you that makes a lot more sense

@a44489

7 ай бұрын

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