NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Donncoirce

Donncoirce or Donn Corci was probably king of Dál Riata until his death in 792. DÃ¡l Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Goidelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland and the northern coasts of Ireland, situated in the traditional Scottish and Northern Irish counties of Argyll, Bute and County Antrim. ...

Donncoirce's death, the only report of his existence, appears in the Annals of Ulster for the year 791, corresponding with 792 AD. In it he is called "Donncoirce, king of Dál Riata. Donncoirce is not listed as a king in the Synchronisms of Flann of Monasterboice, or in the Duan Albanach, nor does he appear under this name in any surviving genealogies. Likewise, he was not a king of the Dál nAraidi misreported as a king of Dál Riata, or otherwise associated with Ireland, as proposed by John Bannerman. The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ... The Duan Albanach (Song of the Scots) is a Middle Gaelic poem found with the Lebor Bretnach, a Gaelic version of the Historia Brittonum of Nennius, with extensive additional material (mostly concerning Scotland). ... Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ... DÃ¡l nAraidi (sometimes anglicised as Dalaradia â€” which should not be confused with Dalriada) was a kingdom of the Cruithne in the north-east of Ireland in the first millennium. ...

Alan Orr Anderson suggested that the name Donncoirce may be a byname, perhaps meaning "Brown Oats". Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ...

Donncoirce is the last king of Dál Riata so called by surviving Irish annals. An number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century. ...

Dauvit Broun's reconstruction of the late Dál Riata kings places the beginning of Donncoirce's reign at the death of Fergus mac Echdach in 781 or 782. Dauvit Broun (David Brown) is a Scottish historian based at the University of Glasgow, and one of the most prominent and influential scholars in the field of medieval Scottish or Celtic studies. ... Fergus mac Echdach was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) from about 778 until 781. ...

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Categories: 8th century births | 792 deaths | Kings of Dál Riata Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ... Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (9 February 1909â€“27 May 2002) was a Scottish historian and paleographer. ... Dauvit Broun (David Brown) is a Scottish historian based at the University of Glasgow, and one of the most prominent and influential scholars in the field of medieval Scottish or Celtic studies. ... Dr. Thomas Owen Clancy is an American academic and historian who specializes in the literature of the Celtic Dark Ages, especially that of Scotland. ... The following is a List of the Kings of DÃ¡l Riata. ... Fergus MÃ³r mac Eirc (Scottish Gaelic: Fergus MÃ²r Mac Earca) was a legendary king of DÃ¡l Riata. ... Domangart mac Ferguso was king of DÃ¡l Riata in the early 6th century, following the death of his father, Fergus MÃ³r. ... NASA Landsat image of the Cowal peninsula and the isle of Bute. ... GabrÃ¡n mac Domangairt was king of DÃ¡l Riata in the middle of the 6th century. ... Conall mac Comgaill was king of DÃ¡l Riata from about 558 until 574. ... Satellite image of northern Britain and Ireland showing the approximate area of DÃ¡l Riata (shaded). ... Eochaid Buide was king of DÃ¡l Riata from around 608 until 629. ... Connad Cerr (Connad the Left-handed) was a king of DÃ¡l Riata in the early 7th century. ... Domnall Brecc (Donald the Freckled) (d. ... Conall Crandomna was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) from about 650 until 660. ... DÃºnchad mac Conaing or DÃºnchad mac DubÃ¡in (died 654) was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland). ... Domangart mac Domnaill (died 673) was a king in DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) and the son of Domnall Brecc. ... Domnall Donn (died 696) was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland). ... Ferchar Fota (Ferchar the Tall) (died c. ... Eochaid mac Domangairt (d. ... Ainbcellach (Scottish Gaelic: Ainbcellach mac Ferchair) was king of the CenÃ©l Loairn of DÃ¡l Riata, and perhaps of all DÃ¡l Riata, from 697 until 698, when he was deposed and exiled to Ireland. ... Fiannamail ua DÃºnchado was a king of DÃ¡l Riata at the end of the 8th century, and a king about whom nothing can be said with certainty other than the fact of his death around 700 by violence. ... Selbach mac Ferchair was king of the CenÃ©l Loairn and of DÃ¡l Riata. ... DÃºnchad Bec was king of Kintyre (in DÃ¡l Riata) in the early 8th century. ... DÃºngal mac Selbaig was king of DÃ¡l Riata. ... Eochaid mac Echdach was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) from 726 until 733. ... Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig was king of the CenÃ©l Loairn, and of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland), from about 733 until 736. ... Ãed Find (Aed the White) was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) from before 768 until his death in 778. ... Fergus mac Echdach was king of DÃ¡l Riata (modern western Scotland) from about 778 until 781. ... Conall mac Taidg was a king in Scotland in the years around 800. ... Conall mac ÃedÃ¡in was a king in Scotland in the years around 800. ... Domnall mac CaustantÃn is thought to have been king of DÃ¡l Riata in the early ninth century. ... Ãed mac Boanta (died 839) is believed to have been a king of DÃ¡l Riata. ...