The Sea-Kingdom: Dál Riata & The Birth of Scotland

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A new power emerged in the wild north of Britain after the Roman withdrawal in the Fifth Century AD. It’s name was Dál Riata and it occupied the many islands and archipelagos on both sides of the wild sea between Ireland and Scotland. For a time during the late Sixth and early Seventh Centuries this sea kingdom prospered under the rule of it’s king, Áedán mac Gabráin, who sent his war fleets and trading vessels far and wide throughout the waterways of Northern Britain. Eventually over the centuries the Gaelic inhabitants of Dál Riata merged to a certain extent with the neighbouring Picts to eventually develop into the Kingdom of Scotland...
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  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime6 жыл бұрын

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  • @moniqueboure5747

    @moniqueboure5747

    5 жыл бұрын

    History Tim

  • @bogbay

    @bogbay

    3 жыл бұрын

    You didn't mention Carbery Riada, son of the High King of Ireland, Conary II, from what is now Cork, who started the colony in Scotland which eventually became Dal Riada. This is kind of important in the story. Famine drove him and his followers out of the south and into Ulster before they moved on to the east coast of Scotland. No doubt there was much traffic between the two regions before he arrived in Scotland but the kingdom was named after him, so he and his descendants clearly made significant inroads. It is ironic that those who returned to Ulster during the plantations whose descendants now identify as Ulster Scots, actually had Munster DNA and coud as easily be described as Munster Scots. This might not go down well in parts of Belfast, it has to be said. There's Riada DNA in the British Royal family too apparently. Imagine that. Link: www.libraryireland.com/SocialHistoryAncientIreland/I-III-2.php "The authentic history of these expeditions and settlements begins in the early part of the third century, during the reign of Conari II. (A.D. 212-220). This king had three sons, Carbery Musc, Carbery Baskin, and Carbery Riada, At this time a great famine devastated Munster; and Carbery Riada led a number of his Munster people to Ulster and to the south-west of Scotland, in both which places they settled down permanently. These Irish narratives are confirmed by the Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History, where he says; "In course of time, besides the Britons and Picts, Britain received a third nation, the Scots, who, migrating from Ireland under their leader Reuda, obtained for themselves, either by friendly agreement or by force of arms, those settlements among the Picts which they still hold. From the name of their commander they are to this day called Dalreudini: for in their tongue The Dalreudini of Bede is the Dalriada of Irish history. These primitive settlers increased and multiplied and supported from time to time by contingents from the mother country, they held their ground against the Picts. But the settlement was weak and struggling till the reign of Lewy, king of Ireland (A.D. 483 to 512), about three centuries after the time of Carbery Riada. In the year 503 three brothers named Fergus, Angus, and Lorne, sons of a chief named Erc, a direct descendant of Carbery Riada, led a colony to Scotland from their own district in the Irish Dalriada (in the present Co. Antrim: see map): descendants of the Munster settlers of three centuries before. They appear to have met with little or no opposition, and being joined by the previous settlers, they took possession of a large territory, of which Fergus, commonly called Fergus mac Erc, and also known as Fergus More (the Great), was the first king. The descendants of these colonists ultimately mastered the whole country; and from them its name was changed from Alban to Scotia or Scotland. Fergus was the ancestor of the subsequent kings of Scotland; and from him, in one of their lines of genealogy, descend, through the Stuarts, our present royal family."

  • @mA-ug5ts

    @mA-ug5ts

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYic2tazmprcodY.html .......

  • @jangowan5742

    @jangowan5742

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bogbay ..Brilliant,no forced colonisation,no land clearances,no compulsory reeducation..just Columba n his few followers,who slept on beds of stone...i have ne ver read the works of "venerable Bede",or if its possible to find a copy(uncensured) today

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bogbay the scots never came from ireland. irish mythical writings....not scottish.

  • @davidrendall7195
    @davidrendall71954 жыл бұрын

    I became fascinated by these Dark Age kingdoms at school. Our text books dismissed them as minor players of little consequence, lumped together as failed states due to their short lifespan. Yet even the shortest lived managed 200 years - longer than modern Germany and Italy - while others managed 500 years - twice that of America. Text book history jumped from the Romans to the Saxons, to the Danes and then the Normans. Dal Riata, Rheged, Elmet, Dumonia, Hwicce, Strathclyde, Bernica, Goddodin all disappeared, Gwynedd, Powys, Northumberland and Merica only made it to the mix because of their links to Alfred and the Later Normans. Of our recorded history in Britain (52BC - 2020) fully one quarter is taken up by the distillation of these Kingdoms (410 - 1135 in Scotland - 1413 in Wales) a longer period than Rome (43 - 410) or the Normans (1066 - 1485) Yet we skip over them in less than paragraph at school.

  • @rod2274

    @rod2274

    Жыл бұрын

    Your rightbbut also is cause they just didn’t do as much fighting with each other over land that isn’t that big

  • @lovecraftianwalrus4490

    @lovecraftianwalrus4490

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s because they didn’t really write things down much. The Roman wrote a ton. The Saxons wrote a bit. Past Alfred the Great they wrote a lot as well, the Danes were written about by the Saxons, and the Normans also wrote a lot. These small kingdoms of the Dark Ages barely wrote anything down. Even if school wanted to teach you about these places, they really couldn’t tell you much.

  • @rileydavis5429

    @rileydavis5429

    4 ай бұрын

    Your knowledge is stunning. Yeah they do t teach enough in school about this stuff at all in school.

  • @jsmcguireIII
    @jsmcguireIII4 жыл бұрын

    FUN FACT: Saint Columba fled to Dalriada because he had taken books from an Irish monastery without permission which triggered the first recorded copyright lawsuit, a small war (The Battle of Cul Dreimhne i 655 AD), and his forced expulsion from Ireland.

  • @keeganowens8949

    @keeganowens8949

    4 жыл бұрын

    Indeed, though I heard it was more that he swore never to come back until he had saved 3,000 people, to atone for the 3,000 he had killed.

  • @jangowan5742

    @jangowan5742

    3 жыл бұрын

    @timber beast..well yes,but Columba had asked permission to copy the Gospels,according to his personal Biographer,..the Great Saint,was going blind at this stage,abd the fact that he mabaged to finish it,was an achievement in itself

  • @Fernandwinnie

    @Fernandwinnie

    Жыл бұрын

    Columba settled on Iona, from that base, he started to spread Christianity to Scotland……all downhill from there on. 😂

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fernandwinnie columba never existed. his story was copied from an earlier one from another country.

  • @elbat5946
    @elbat59465 жыл бұрын

    Watching your videos is really helping me through a tough time in my life, thank you. You are very talented.

  • @MistressQueenBee
    @MistressQueenBee5 жыл бұрын

    I love these maps that you share with us. Being the old borders and the originating names, I finally can make sense of where each named place was located. Having for years read and studied, it finally comes together with what you have put online! Know that you change the lives of those of us that work at learning. And know that you touch those of us that search for our roots. I thank you. God bless the Great State of Texas. And bless those across the seas that look to history, in order to learn it's lessons.

  • @historywithhilbert146
    @historywithhilbert1466 жыл бұрын

    Ah my favourite Seamen based society ;)

  • @macbrns1438

    @macbrns1438

    6 жыл бұрын

    My Ancestors were the greatest

  • @uncasunga1800

    @uncasunga1800

    5 жыл бұрын

    unlike hollywood...

  • @jamesoneill3922

    @jamesoneill3922

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can see Scotland from my house in Ireland right now. 12 mikes away.

  • @joshuatraffanstedt2695

    @joshuatraffanstedt2695

    5 жыл бұрын

    Found out I'm a descendant of some of these people. Never heard of them until just about 20 minutes ago lol.

  • @joshuatraffanstedt2695

    @joshuatraffanstedt2695

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you're interested about how I found out, check out www.familysearch.org Most amazing family tree capabilities I've ever seen. Direct descendant of Rollo, William the Conqueror, Henry I, Henry II, William longespe, sigurd snake in the eye, even Ragnar if he existed. Also king aelfred, eckbert, etc. Pretty amazing. All on my great grandmother's side through my mom.

  • @thethreeedgedsword7253
    @thethreeedgedsword72536 жыл бұрын

    I'm addicted to your videos:) captivating history lessons. Been a historian since I was a child, when my father handed that baton off to me. So thank you, I love history the way sharks love blood.

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Michael Marleau thanks! you are in good company then

  • @thethreeedgedsword7253

    @thethreeedgedsword7253

    6 жыл бұрын

    History Time I haven't had the time to go through all your videos yet, definitely working on it. Apologies if you have covered these following topics, but I want to ask: ever covered or heard of the Roman emperor Maximus Thrax? Ever done the Battle of Myeongnyang, on October 26, 1597? The battle of Cunaxa 401 bc? Battle of Anchialus 917 AD, Byzantine army is crippled by the Bulgarian Simeon the Great? 1244 the last Cathar stronghold falls, during a (technically) Christian against Christian crusade? Last question, sorry...lol...what about Antiochus III, and the battle of Panun (which reshaped the entire future history of the Middle East, and effected it religions), in 198 bc? If you'd done content on any of these please tell me...if even one of these is new to you; I think you'll enjoy them; since I'm in good company:)

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant suggestions!!! I've got some reading to do! :)

  • @thethreeedgedsword7253

    @thethreeedgedsword7253

    6 жыл бұрын

    History Time hell yeah! If you make it through those, send me another message here. Even if you don't make a video on them, I'd love to hear your take on some of those. I won't insult your intelligence, I completely believe that you'll see the same significance in all those suggestions that I have. Lemme know what you think of those, if you want, they each changed history all together. (in my humble opinion) I need another 1200 years to get through all the reading I need to, but hey...learn like you'll live forever, and live like you'll die tomorrow, right?

  • @alia2ali

    @alia2ali

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too there’s so much to know

  • @PippaPipster
    @PippaPipster5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, History Time. This is incredibly interesting. Absolutely enthralled! Subscribed :) ♥

  • @andrewjenery1783
    @andrewjenery17836 жыл бұрын

    Didn't know anything about this until now, so glad I found this clip.

  • @tireachan6178
    @tireachan61786 жыл бұрын

    Well done on the research and presentation of the videos on your channel, liked and subscribed. Also a tip of the hat for the solid effort of your Gaelic pronunciation, not bad at all for an englishman.

  • @jigold22571
    @jigold225714 жыл бұрын

    ThankU for sharing and posting.

  • @Sylkenwolf
    @Sylkenwolf6 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting information! I found your channel from FB. Keep up the good work!

  • @yvanmcgregor5823
    @yvanmcgregor58235 жыл бұрын

    Super discovery-Much gratitude:)

  • @steaphris
    @steaphris5 жыл бұрын

    Islay is pronounced AYE-luh, but in Gaelic it's Ìle (ee-luh)

  • @Epsillion70

    @Epsillion70

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aye I heard that miss-pronunciation too

  • @votebritish

    @votebritish

    Жыл бұрын

    Gaelic mispronounced . Not gay lic but gah lic

  • @matthewkuchinski1769
    @matthewkuchinski17694 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me to reread the brilliant book "The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels, and Vikings" by Tim Clarkson. An insightful work that makes it quite clear that Scotland was the real Game of Thrones.

  • @matthewleonardi247

    @matthewleonardi247

    4 жыл бұрын

    I watched an interview where he said he got a lot of inspiration for his books from the scottish and English monarch history, I can't remember what is was called though but yeah super interesting.

  • @AustinOKeeffe
    @AustinOKeeffe4 жыл бұрын

    In Irish Gaelic it is Dal Riada, pronounced Dal Ree-ada

  • @Verminskyi

    @Verminskyi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also Áedán, probable that the d is lenited thus it's more Iain than Aiden. Same with Aed. Difficult if you don't speak Irish, old Irish and have only ever read the words.

  • @PredatorUpHill

    @PredatorUpHill

    2 жыл бұрын

    'Gaelic' is a foreign word that was not a real term used before the 16th century, and the Hiberni were not called Irish until after 1542, that had that name put on them by Pope Leo X, including the Scotti settlers in Ulster and the Anglo settlers in the South. Dál Riata was also a Scottish maritime kingdom, not a Hiberni (Irish) kingdom, at that time Scotland and Ulster were considered generally Scottish and the border between the Scotti and the Hiberni (Irish) is believed to be Black Pigs Dyke in the same way that Hadrian's Wall was the general border between the kingdoms of Scotland and England in the British land. it was comprised vastly more of Scottish land than Ulster land, Antrim was the only part of it that was not of Scottish mainland, though it still only made up 5% of Scottish land overall before it was subsumed by the vastly much larger more powerful Kingdom of Alba (the ancient name of Scotland) which etymologically relates to the island of Great Britain's oldest and most ancient name - Albion. The correct names in the actual languages themselves were Albannach for Scottish. And Eirennach for Irish.

  • @PredatorUpHill

    @PredatorUpHill

    2 жыл бұрын

    @James Furey The US is a slave to Israel which was set up by Scotsman after WWII, the UK is a Scottish created framework which was drawn up earlier than 1603 when the Scottish crown took over the English throne and its Papal possession Ireland, and became active in development of this frame work between then and 1707 when eventually the political identities were aligned. The Commonwealth is the British empire in a decentralised state, the UK is a nuclear power, with Trident - which has several times more destructive power than the Hiroshima bomb ever did, enough to wipe out every other major power several times over in the world and holds a global position that only 5 countries on earth have including India, China and Russia, and they are stored within Scotland. The US owes its special relationship to the UK through the 'Treaty of Ghent' and is beholden to it. Most Scots have never in their life worn a kilt and most likely never will, it's a Walter Scott invention and was never historically a Scottish thing like the Bagpipes and tartan etc, kilts are an English garment actually - invented by Thomas Rawlinson, while the actual traditional garment was not a waste wrap garment but a garment designed for outdoor wear that could double as camping equipment (hence where the Sporan part came from) and was worn more as a long elaborate overcoat cloak. The English version is just a waste-wrap garment that is designed more for indoor wear and the Yankee version is the least like the Scottish original, the American Yankee version is literally just a beige coloured skirt with side pockets, and only Yankee foreigners from America wear them, so Yanks literally wear skirts, English version is a waist wrap and the Scottish original is worn as a smart long overcoat cloak. Scotland modernised the world via the Scottish enlightenment, so much so, that the Yankee historian - Arthur Herman said that "the modern world is viewed through Scottish eyes". Scotsman Adam Smith, author of 'The Wealth of Nations' (1776) put codified capitalism on the map and highlighted human praxeology in relation, which the Yankees used as the blueprint for the American economy. So you are completely wrong, and have henceforth been corrected, your superiors have spoken. Now, away and greet Yankee colonial slave in your beige Utilikilt while you pretend to be what you are not (like most Yanks) and pretend that you are some significance here, you really don't understand power structure and how the global powers truly operate, you've got a lot to learn Yankee Doodle.

  • @MissMarie1377

    @MissMarie1377

    2 жыл бұрын

    @James Furey if you aren’t aware that we are (our government that is) Israeli puppets, you are the one with no credibility. Open your eyes. Just look at names of our most powerful then dig into their connections, then take a look at all they do. We are slaves of Israel. All the evidence is out in the open. Israel brags about it in their newspapers as well

  • @BListHistory
    @BListHistory6 жыл бұрын

    awesome job on this one

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate!

  • @creepystares9853
    @creepystares98536 жыл бұрын

    thanks again!

  • @humanharddrive1
    @humanharddrive15 күн бұрын

    This was really interesting, thanks a lot

  • @ulrichschliz1076
    @ulrichschliz10764 жыл бұрын

    Your serie is superinteresting and I always see it. The only thing is, that there is so much information so quickly told. It is very hard to absorbe it all. But congratulation - it is a good work.

  • @eldermoose7938
    @eldermoose79385 жыл бұрын

    Just realized this is like the 20th video I've watch today, should probably just sub already

  • @barbaralucas1220
    @barbaralucas12203 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you 😊

  • @slackerpope
    @slackerpope5 жыл бұрын

    Please more about the Picts!

  • @Fernandwinnie

    @Fernandwinnie

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, we know very little about them. Something of a mystery are these painted people. We do know that in 685, at the Battle of Dunnichen, they won a decisive victory over the the Northumbrians who were attempting to extend their kingdom North. Much later in 832, a combined force of Scots and Picts defeated a larger force of Saxons near Athelstaneford in East Lothian.

  • @ajgeo4065
    @ajgeo40656 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and attractive visual representation. Loved the score especially the ending one.....any idea which one is it?

  • @pattismythe2769
    @pattismythe27696 жыл бұрын

    Thank you SOOH much for your extremely professional and hugely informative posts.... you sound like a young guy.... you’re very talented and a great educator....please keep posting... I’ve subbed.... 😀👍🏻💋

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank's so much! Sooooo much more history to cover! I will not stop posting !

  • @johnkelly1787

    @johnkelly1787

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hello, extremely intelligent quotes,?, No offence to him personally, but the narration was way off , he said the Kingdom was coalition of Gaelic tribes, the Gaelic Kingdom of Dal riada started in Ulster, Gaelic is an Irish language, culture, and ethnicity, that was his first error, also he pronounced every Gaelic word completely wrong, so much so that he made me cringe,! I understand Gaelic is extremely difficult for non speakers to pronounce words, but he should have got information and teaching on how to speak them at least somewhat coherent, he made no effort at all , so how could that be educational?, I am not having a rant at you personally my dear lady, it's just we Irish cringe when foreigners try to say Irish words, and it sounds like a car wreck, aghhhh, also his account of the war with the British king, was not untill much later, when backstabbers of Dalriada sided with British king to remove king of Dal riada because of jealousy, the Dalriada were not defeated by the British and the renegade Dal riada, but it ended up with peace treaty to appease this renegade traitor for the sake of civillians , also the Gaelic culture spread to the Highlands later, he never mentioned that, that's why Highlanders were called immigrants of Irish decent, up until the 1700 s, we Gaels brought Gaelic culture to Scotland, which includes Language, culture, surnames , ie Mac, = son of. And O`,= male decendancy, Ni` ,= female decendancy, and hundreds more , also Kilts , bagpipes,Harps, song and dance, oh and whiskey, but he never mentioned this also, there seems to be a white wash of Scottish History when it comes to any Irish influence, it's either relegated to obscurity or made to encompass a broader geographic area, it's so amusing and annoying at the same time, we Irish are very proud of our ethnicity and culture and when it's not portrayed in correct informative narration, it says a lot, it border's on racism. slainte, agus NA H eireann agus Alba go deo,/ Gu Braugh agam.

  • @jangowan5742

    @jangowan5742

    3 жыл бұрын

    @John Kelly..ah John,i feel today that throughout history you will find that convenient alliances of royal families,was the only way?..later King Ossry of Northumbria was about to make Gaelic the official language, but for his wife,lol

  • @jangowan5742

    @jangowan5742

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mary Queen of Scots,was for a time Queen or France,n territories..For this alliance,even tooday Scottish people can have dual nationality?..,and possibly have Irish passports too,..but maybe today,that law no longer applies?...so welcome to the e.u Scotland

  • @ArcAudios77
    @ArcAudios774 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful, my thanks History Time. Best Wishes

  • @historywithhilbert146
    @historywithhilbert1466 жыл бұрын

    1:10 Northumbria stronk

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not as strong as Mercia ;)

  • @HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG

    @HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG

    6 жыл бұрын

    History With Hilbert Picts barbarian stronk!

  • @OmegaTrooper

    @OmegaTrooper

    5 жыл бұрын

    @History With Hilbert Penda would like to know your location

  • @jeanmackenzie4781

    @jeanmackenzie4781

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HistoryTime wasn't strong for long the Viking smashed how to hand fighting we won all the time as the gaels

  • @josepheebarb
    @josepheebarb2 ай бұрын

    I love the imagery your a damn good editor the dalriada story is a good one

  • @dougmphilly
    @dougmphilly6 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful stuff

  • @gargarbraigh9737
    @gargarbraigh97376 жыл бұрын

    A bit of family history. Thankyou.

  • @robertmoore6077
    @robertmoore60774 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the video very much! By any chance, have you done a video about the Dal nAraidi? If not, any plans in doing so? Cheers!

  • @brosephthomas3764
    @brosephthomas37645 жыл бұрын

    History is beautiful

  • @wjr129
    @wjr1292 жыл бұрын

    Overtaking Fortriu makes a ton of sense when you look at the Clan Ross lands (Wester Ross to Easter Ross). That stretch to Balnagown Castle never really added up until you mentioned that. Thank you.

  • @garwood.5993
    @garwood.59932 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this very powerful depiction our ancestors who were there since time inmemorial. We honour our ancestors and will raise their names and legacies left for us.

  • @mikesemon7392
    @mikesemon73926 жыл бұрын

    Nice job

  • @practicalprepper001
    @practicalprepper0016 жыл бұрын

    By far my favorite History channel on KZread. Love ancient history, more ancient the better. Of course Romans never get old. How about Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors. Not just the ones in Americas but Asia too would be interesting and hardly ever taught by anyone. Again, great channel.

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate. series on the conquistadors on the way actually :)

  • @garychynne1377
    @garychynne13776 жыл бұрын

    pretty amazing. thank yew

  • @keeganowens8949

    @keeganowens8949

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oakay.

  • @garychynne1377

    @garychynne1377

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keeganowens8949 harharhar. right on.

  • @ofaoilleachain
    @ofaoilleachain Жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Very cool stuff! As a Gael from Ulaidh myself, you did butcher a few pronunciations, but I'll get over it! Hahah, great video

  • @megansheppard3278
    @megansheppard32783 жыл бұрын

    That was so absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much! My roots are with the DalriadanTribe. Thank you for putting more pieces together for me!

  • @emeraldfox7175

    @emeraldfox7175

    Жыл бұрын

    As are mine luv

  • @brianfergus839

    @brianfergus839

    4 ай бұрын

    Hellooo cousins ❤️

  • @jsmcguireIII
    @jsmcguireIII4 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Columba was convicted of stealing copies of religious texts (psalters) that he had copied from Saint Finnian. The result was a bloody little little war called The Battle of the Book (battle of Cúl Dreimhne) in ~560 AD. Columba fled to Iona to escape punishment.

  • @antseanbheanbocht4993

    @antseanbheanbocht4993

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is widely claimed as one one of the earliest cases of copyright infringement ever recorded, and is still told in some law colleges in Ireland today. Colm Cille (Columba in Latin )was staying with St Finnian in his Monastery and decided to copy one of his books, when Finnian found out he was furious and the demanded the copy be given to him, Colm cille refused and the case was brought before the local Breitheamh( arbitrator or judge). The judgement he came to was " to every cow its calf so to every book its copy" ultimately finding that Colm cilllle had acted wrongly in copying it without consent and so must give the copy to st Finnian or destroy it. Colm cille refused to abide by the decision and received military backing from his Ui Neil family connections but would eventually lose the conflict and was thereby banished to convert the tribes of Alba to the Christian faith.

  • @mkeibergin3775

    @mkeibergin3775

    10 ай бұрын

    St. Columba was an O'Neill, of Royal Blood he was responsible for that battle which resulted in so many deaths, he had to appear in front of his superiors to answer for this, this is why he became St. Columba and to make amends for this battle he was sent to Scotland as a missionary, to Iona, which is revered in Scotland today.

  • @thearab59
    @thearab592 жыл бұрын

    Good video. One little point, the island of Islay is pronounced Eye-lah, not Eye-lay. I would be interested in a video on the earlier history of the maritime kingdom of Dal Riata. You list its capital as Kilmartin, on the Scottish mainland, but the people are often (wrongly?) described as Irish, rather than just as Irish speaking. The problem is that they just appear in British history when your video starts. Some conjecture an "invasion" from Ireland at some point but as I understand it the archaeology suggests longer or more substantial roots on the Scottish side? But where and when did they arrive? Was it 1000+ years before, from Galicia, with the other proto-Irish speaking tribes? Or what? I wonder what Irish records may have to say.

  • @drts6955

    @drts6955

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to mention all the other Gaelic names being mispronounced. But it's cool

  • @pravoslavn
    @pravoslavn3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation... thanks. But this is a huge amount of information, and a huge quantity of Gaelic-based words, coming at us quite quickly. WHEW ! Were it not for the text-shown-on-screen, one could never keep up with the narration. Nonetheless, I want to go through all your videos. Thanks for the work you have invested. (My ancestors came from Aberdeenshire and from the Isle of Mull, which occasions my interest in this corner of history.)

  • @1saxonwolf
    @1saxonwolf Жыл бұрын

    I'd be interested in more info regarding these Gaelic longships. Didn't know they existed.

  • @gerrycastlemanwarde5933
    @gerrycastlemanwarde59332 күн бұрын

    Visited Dunadd last week!

  • @zakalon123
    @zakalon1234 жыл бұрын

    It was the vikings who split the link between the Irish and the Scottish Dalriada. I often wonder how Scotch/Irish history would have turned out if this never happened.

  • @siofra3819

    @siofra3819

    Жыл бұрын

    It was actually king James who split the link

  • @7cColin
    @7cColin4 жыл бұрын

    Things move on all the time within history and archaeology. The map that appears c 0:25 on this video is now obsolete as far as the Pictish kingdoms are concerned. There are very good reasons to believe that the powerful kingdom of Fortriu occupied the area around the Moray Firth given the name Fidach on the map in the video. I can give references if required. The location of Fidach isn't known.

  • @drexbrooks8905
    @drexbrooks89055 жыл бұрын

    This is the first I have watched on this channel and I plan to subscribe and watch some more before I comment - except for this: This was a well researched and presented history and fairly accurate as far as I can tell, but (and this is not a negative comment) prior knowledge of the terms and peoples named is necessary to grasp all the info presented. - thanks

  • @Gregorach
    @Gregorach5 жыл бұрын

    Siol Alpin

  • @rkgrant
    @rkgrant3 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating Stuff...thanks to the producers for creating this compelling program from a Son of Argyll (Randal Grant, born Patrick MacDougall)

  • @everssonnascimento4601
    @everssonnascimento46016 жыл бұрын

    Wish there were more movies or TV series about this period

  • @HistoryTime

    @HistoryTime

    6 жыл бұрын

    You and me both mate! Thanks for stopping by

  • @tartefemme08

    @tartefemme08

    6 жыл бұрын

    I believe you may be interested in a TV series called , the last kingdom

  • @everssonnascimento4601

    @everssonnascimento4601

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simone Sallad I really enjoyed this show!! The books are one of my favorites too

  • @TheeCambion

    @TheeCambion

    5 жыл бұрын

    Simone Sallad yeah i agree the last kingdom is pretty great.If your a nerd like me the budget of the show can make you disappointed by it's small inaccuracy's.

  • @hobsonschoice8649
    @hobsonschoice86495 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. I study surnames and British history as a hobby. I have been thinking about bridei mac bili for some time but to no avail have come up with possible surnames for his descendants or if he has none his patriarchal decendants of a different branch. Anyone have any clues ? If so please reply

  • @paulduffy4585

    @paulduffy4585

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Picts were matrilineal.

  • @fatcatfever-ng1jj
    @fatcatfever-ng1jj Жыл бұрын

    Found kenneth McAlpine is likely my paternal grandfather. Wild shit

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper4 жыл бұрын

    Composed of, or comprising, not comprised of. Comprise approximately means include.

  • @RenegadeContext
    @RenegadeContext4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video but could you look up the pronunciations. There's plenty of sites that spell them phonetically

  • @jollycrocodile6211
    @jollycrocodile62115 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone recommend me good books on Dal Riata?

  • @keithcoleman9449

    @keithcoleman9449

    4 жыл бұрын

    Studies in the History of Dalriada by John Bannerman. Dunadd, An Early Dalriadic Capital by Ewen Campbell and Alan Lane.

  • @AScottishOdyssey
    @AScottishOdyssey5 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to be visiting Argyll soon. I'll be visiting Dunadd. It's one of my favourite places and I will be shooting a number of videos. Keep your eyes peeled.

  • @elgranlugus7267
    @elgranlugus72674 жыл бұрын

    Here comes, the mighty Scots, with long spears, ready to stand against all odds.

  • @DanCooper404

    @DanCooper404

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @cigh7445
    @cigh74454 жыл бұрын

    You should do a video on the decline of Gaelic Scotland. It's an interesting topic to read about. Outside of the islands, Hebrides and sparsely populated Highlands very few modern day Scots had the 'Irish' dna type of the Dal Riata. (Until the huge numbers of immigration from Ireland in the 19th century to places like Glasgow.) You could culminate it with the Highland clearances and explain how Scotland, years after banning all things related to Gaelic culture, adopted some of these same things as part of the nations heritage.

  • @adammartin7007

    @adammartin7007

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Outside of the islands, Hebrides and sparsely populated Highlands very few modern day Scots had the 'Irish' dna type of the Dal Riata" There is no real way to determine if that's true.

  • @siofra3819

    @siofra3819

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually Dna testing has said other wise a study has already been conducted if the British isles west of Scotland and highland do share a lot of Dna with the Irish. My own father born and raised on the isle of sky. His ancestry test was 72% Irish 12% Norwegian 2% Sweden and Denmark and the rest Scottish

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    Жыл бұрын

    @@siofra3819 the tale of the irish colonizing scotland is a myth created by medieval irish monks to give ireland an identity. if you want to go by dna then type .....the dna of the irish gael irish origenes...

  • @swaythegod5812

    @swaythegod5812

    11 ай бұрын

    @@brucecollins4729​​⁠​⁠more like your in denial that your actual irish and we created Scotland witch literally comes from a word to describe Irish raider

  • @brucecollins641

    @brucecollins641

    8 ай бұрын

    @@swaythegod5812 maybe you should do a wee bit research......

  • @richardmiller2049
    @richardmiller20495 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame mores peoples didn't leave written records

  • @rfmlets6713
    @rfmlets67134 жыл бұрын

    The Christianity then was still gnostic or pagan. Literal christianity did not happen in Scotland until the 11th/12th century. The cross with the circle is a shorthand for the Sun's passage through the ecliptic giving us the four seasons. History has tried to confuse us about that fact. The Celtic church was at war with the literal Roman Church.

  • @andymullins84
    @andymullins847 ай бұрын

    Is toil leam na mapaichean. I like (with me) the maps.

  • @rebkapace814
    @rebkapace814 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I'm somewhat new to actually picturing these histories. My ancestors seem to be involved with all kinds of events, yet I struggle to find much about the "dark men of peace". I can't help but feel some sense of unresolved justice.

  • @user-mj7yh4ig5m
    @user-mj7yh4ig5m2 жыл бұрын

    The rule that always works in all relationships throughout the ages. In this short video we consider a story that happened in a very interesting time - in times of the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I, whose exceptional reign has been called The Golden Age of England: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJt4j9Fvd7DcaZM.html

  • @unclescott6327
    @unclescott63275 жыл бұрын

    WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!

  • @germanpalomares2512
    @germanpalomares25125 жыл бұрын

    Ich mochte es

  • @wolfthequarrelsome504
    @wolfthequarrelsome5044 жыл бұрын

    The Irish ruled the Western isles and that's why Gallic is a dialect of Irish... Not the other way around. It's pronounced Dal Reeeada, btw.

  • @keeganowens8949

    @keeganowens8949

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think you mean that Gaedlig is a dialect of Gaeilge. That is fairly true, but I would be more inclined to think that both grew out of Old Irish.

  • @MikeInClwtr
    @MikeInClwtr4 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic! Is this Ewan McGregor narrating?

  • @Son-Of-Gillean

    @Son-Of-Gillean

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Ewan McGregor, famous for his English accent

  • @MikeInClwtr

    @MikeInClwtr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Son-Of-Gillean Take it easy man, it’s hard for me to distinguish sometimes because Ewan McGregor plays a lot of characters and I don’t listen to him in a lot of interviews.

  • @AimForMyHead81

    @AimForMyHead81

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Son-Of-Gillean lol

  • @donlee7028
    @donlee7028 Жыл бұрын

    I understood that the MacDonald and MacDougall clans were FM this area. Is that the case?

  • @OldNavajoTricks
    @OldNavajoTricks3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the peope of Fib were reknowned for deceit which is where we get the slang fibbing from...

  • @thomasfloyd1704
    @thomasfloyd17045 жыл бұрын

    Do a show on Finn's

  • @gartnait1
    @gartnait12 жыл бұрын

    The map that is shown might be wrong as Carlisle was part of Scotland at this time as was Cumbria.

  • @rc59191
    @rc591914 жыл бұрын

    Trying to take over Pictland as them on Crusader Kings 2.

  • @robinmccready
    @robinmccready3 жыл бұрын

    Are people with Mac surnames considered to be descendants from Pictland or Dal Riada? or both/no way of knowing?

  • @poundlandbandit6124

    @poundlandbandit6124

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mac indicates Gaelic not brittonic. Meaning son of, but after centuries of intermingling it’s difficult to tell now. The Surname MacBane is Pictish in origin yet has the Gaelic prefix. Hope that helped.

  • @vestty5802

    @vestty5802

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most of dal riadians were a mix of gaels and pics anyway

  • @corcaighogormghus4618

    @corcaighogormghus4618

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Mac" comes from the Irish language so it is Dál ríada without a doubt.

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@corcaighogormghus4618 where,s your evidence. mac most likely comes from the picts of scotland

  • @corcaighogormghus4618

    @corcaighogormghus4618

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brucecollins4729 The picts spoke a brythonic language and "mac" is gaelic. You should look more into the subject

  • @thedirtyfecker
    @thedirtyfecker3 жыл бұрын

    Gabráin is pronounced Gow-rowyn :) Áedáin Mac Gábráin pronounced as Aey-dawn mac Gow-rowyn.

  • @987jof
    @987jof4 жыл бұрын

    Islay is just Eye-lah btw. Not Eye-lay.

  • @oronaarce9757
    @oronaarce97575 жыл бұрын

    Can you do the history of Spanish👍

  • @bigboaby555
    @bigboaby5552 жыл бұрын

    cut to the chase. you English got pushed back and defeated . but we still love you

  • @veemack6980
    @veemack69804 жыл бұрын

    I am a Mackay on my fathers side of the family. As far as I am aware, clan Mackay were descended from or were the first royal house of Scotland ( Dal Riata)?

  • @iggyfitzsimmons1168

    @iggyfitzsimmons1168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Siol alpine?

  • @paulduffy4585
    @paulduffy45854 жыл бұрын

    Aedan Mc Gabhran had a son called Arthur - according to Adamnan.

  • @eamonlyons8318

    @eamonlyons8318

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is the real arthur

  • @jukeboxhero1649
    @jukeboxhero16494 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh, you just made all that up. Pbpbpbpb!

  • @bradgentile5746
    @bradgentile57463 жыл бұрын

    I'm honored to say some of those kings are my ancestors

  • @eamonlyons8318

    @eamonlyons8318

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello cousin

  • @fngaming5064

    @fngaming5064

    2 жыл бұрын

    There’s like 100k+ people alive rn that are related to them

  • @colmmcg100
    @colmmcg1004 жыл бұрын

    Gee I wonder how they got de populated 🤔

  • @GBHanny8
    @GBHanny82 жыл бұрын

    Wait, Scotland was borne as a coalition of states to defend against the Vikings? Did I get that right?

  • @markmacdonald3260
    @markmacdonald32603 жыл бұрын

    One thing I am interested to know is where the Norse Gaels of the Western Isles are originally from? Where they from Dublin, Ireland in general or Norway? Did the Norse Gaels on the Western Isles come to the Islands via Ireland or did they conquer the Gaels in that area?

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    3 жыл бұрын

    look up scots and irish gaels on irish origenes .

  • @vestty5802

    @vestty5802

    3 жыл бұрын

    Generally they can be a mix of all above ! Some “Norse-gaels” in the Hebrides and western Scotland were sons of scots gaels who married Norse women. Many of them were also a mix of Irish Gael and Norse from Dublin who settled in Scotland and some were just families who came directly from Scandinavia. Basically any possibility you can think of probably happened. Families like McLeod come from a Norse-Gael family from Dublin and limerick who settled in Scotland

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vestty5802 the name mcleod comes from the norse gaels who settled in the east and the northerin and westeren islands of scotland and assimilated with the picts of scotland. long before they were in ireland.

  • @vestty5802

    @vestty5802

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brucecollins4729 many Norse gael families in Scotland like the McDonalds come from Dublin and the Isle of Man. It should also be said that the Hebrides and western Scotland and south western Scotland were Gaelic not Pictish

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vestty5802 the picts were in strathclyde. you say the picts were not in the west of scotland yet irish myth reads the scotti tribe from ireland invaded the west and defeated the picts. you are also stating the norse gaels bypassed the shetland isles and sailed right round scotland to go all the way to dublin then come and raid scotland. very highly unlikely. for years the mcniels of the hebrides thought they originated in ireland (i don,t know why) but anyhoo recent dna takes them straight back to scandinavia. type in.....the origins of the irish and scots gaels on irish origenes for a more believable account. not ancient mythical writings. for a wee country that,s tucked away behind scotland and england you seem to done well. the norse vikings in the isles of scotland 793 ad the norse vikings in ireland 795ad,

  • @jmyd83
    @jmyd83 Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @franciscocabral2701
    @franciscocabral27016 жыл бұрын

    a lot of information

  • @MrMalcovic
    @MrMalcovic4 жыл бұрын

    The Kingdom of Alba was formed in 843, not 900.

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia4 жыл бұрын

    Degsastan? Sounds like it would be in Central Asia.

  • @user-pb9qs9px7m
    @user-pb9qs9px7m2 жыл бұрын

    Movses Khorenatsi- VHNDUR- BULGAR= Highlander IYI

  • @Southlander1000
    @Southlander10002 жыл бұрын

    Aedan didn't grant Columcille (Coumba) Iona. That would be his predecessor, Conall mac Comgaill who did that.

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    2 жыл бұрын

    southlander 1000 columba of iona is a made up tale copied from an earlier spanish/french one. almost word for word.

  • @Southlander1000

    @Southlander1000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brucecollins4729 Hahahaha! That's funny!

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Southlander1000 look up....st columba of sens...she was born of noble birth, he was born of noble birth...she fled spain to france due to troubles in spain,he fled from ireland to iona because of troubles in ireland. ....she had magical powers,he had magical powers...she fled with 15 followers .he fled with 12...her relics are said to be buried under a church, he could not build his church on iona unless a live person was buried beneath it. both their bodies have never been found. most likely medieval irish monks adapted this tale to iona. there is nothing on iona to suggest the st columbas presence. it,s a fairy tale. go research both.

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper6 жыл бұрын

    “0f which the Book of Kells is an example of”. Drop the second redundant “of”.

  • @colmmcg100
    @colmmcg1004 жыл бұрын

    Your welcome Scotland 😏

  • @PredatorUpHill

    @PredatorUpHill

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome for what? Scotland is far older than Ireland is and even older than England by at least 84 years as a kingdom. Scotland also has the oldest continually used national flag in the world - which predates Denmark's by nearly half a millenium. England was 7 different kingdoms at one time partially ruled by the Danish Danelaw from the Vikings. And Ireland was a conquered colonised mess up until 1542, Ireland got dealt the worst hand in these Isles as far as the birth of these nations, so much for the 'luck of the Irish', but it all started with the Hiberni - Dermod MacMurrough - king of Leinster asking for Henry II of England's help in re-taking back his kingdom from the other rival Hiberni kingdoms, this was what eventually resulted in the Laudabiliter being arranged between Pope Adrian IV and Henry II, which led to what is now Ireland for most of its recorded history being a part of the Kingdom of England.

  • @VredesStall
    @VredesStall2 жыл бұрын

    So with Gaelic ethnonyms and place-names like "Dal-Riada" and "Alba"... exactly how and when did the Irish Dal-Riadans (along with the Pictish tribes) apparently disregard their former names and accept, assume and apply the Latin-based term "Scotti" / Scots for themselves as a collective term & identity?? Put another way... strange how the Latin toponym "Caledonia" did not remain as the permanent name for the land of North Britain... but the other Latin term, "Scotti", did for the people. Hmmmmm???

  • @edwardbrady5843

    @edwardbrady5843

    Жыл бұрын

    I think that the term Scotti was used by the Romans to describe the Irish, but I could be completely wrong.

  • @VredesStall

    @VredesStall

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edwardbrady5843 The more I think on it... with the spread of both Christianity as well as the use & spread of Latin that the Irish and Scottish monks used to write, pray and give their surmons with... ....I suppose that it is not too much of a stretch to see how the new converts might adapt a more Latin (and perhaps a more Christian)-sounding name like "Scotti", at least in part, to try and distance themselves from their previous "pagan" names. Hmmmmmmm???

  • @edwardbrady5843

    @edwardbrady5843

    Жыл бұрын

    @@VredesStall Quite possibly, I do know that during this era under discussion, the source of Christian teaching was St Finian's monastery in Clonard County Meath Ireland. Monks came to study there from all over Europe.

  • @brucecollins4729

    @brucecollins4729

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edwardbrady5843 the scotti tale is what it is...a tale written by irish monks to create an identity for ireland. a kin post you plenty links. ireland was colonized by peoples from scotland.

  • @edwardbrady5843

    @edwardbrady5843

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brucecollins4729 Interestingly, must look into that, do you have any idea where I might find references to this? Thanks.

  • @soilalpin900ad5
    @soilalpin900ad5 Жыл бұрын

    Aye

  • @edwardpeterson1634
    @edwardpeterson16343 жыл бұрын

    Slow down.

  • @JacktheHand
    @JacktheHand Жыл бұрын

    Dal Riada pronounced Dal Ree-ah-dah Gabráin pronounced Gah-Braw-in

  • @miguelmontenegro3520
    @miguelmontenegro35204 жыл бұрын

    The fact this channel has WAY less subscribers than the crap youtubers going on in my country is unaceptable.

  • @DanCooper404

    @DanCooper404

    3 жыл бұрын

    *fewer

  • @nancyjohnson1836
    @nancyjohnson18364 жыл бұрын

    how about subtitles? Hard to understand the accent

  • @duneideann9241
    @duneideann92412 жыл бұрын

    How could he decide against fighting English again in the 600’s when iEngland wasn’t founded until the 900’s. ???

  • @tonytye8963
    @tonytye89633 жыл бұрын

    Always interested me that at about the same time cultures with a foreign language came from overseas as boating raiders, made a area their own, built kingdoms, spread those kingdom, taking lands of other people and those people taking on their culture and language, dlspreading further taking Brythonic lands and the old language and culture died out and was replaced by the new but not the people, then the land was eventually named after the Roman name for these invaders/raiders in about the 8th or 9th century. Scotti and Anglii. Trouble is, i am describing England and Scotland, almost the same historical birth. But one spouts about belonging and the other being outsiders.