Loarn mac Eirc was a legendary king of Dál Riata who may have lived in the 5th century. Dál 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. ...

The Duan Albanach and the Senchus Fer n-Alban and other genealogies name Loarn's father as Erc son of Eochaid Muinremuir. There are no records or traditions of Loarn as king, and his main significance is as the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Loairn kindred. 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). ... The Senchus Fer n-Alban was an ancient text created at some time during the 10th century and attributed to the 7th century. ... Erc was king of Irish Dál Riada until 474. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ...

Cenél Loairn

The Cenél Loairn controlled parts of northern Argyll around the Firth of Lorne, most probably centred on Lorne but perhaps including the Isle of Mull, Morvern and Ardnamurchan. The chief place of the kingdom appears to have been at Dun Ollaigh, near Oban. The chief religious site may have been on Lismoire, later the seat of the High Medieval bishopric of Argyll. Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ... The Firth and other nearby waterways The Firth of Lorne is a body of water on Scotlands west coast. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... Morvern is a region on the west coast of Scotland located approximately 56°3608N 5°4659W. Ferries depart from the coast to the Island of Mull, also part of Morvern. ... Ardnamurchan is a 50 mile long peninsula in North West Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. ... Dunollie castle Dunollie castle is a small ruin located on a hill above the town of Oban, Scotland. ... View of Oban from Druim Mor. ... Lismore (coloured red) shown within Argyll Lismore is an island in Loch Linnhe, in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ...

Descendants of Loarn

Several kings of Dál Riata were members of the Cenél Loairn, and thus claimed descent from Loarn. The following is a List of the Kings of Dál Riata. ...

• Ferchar Fota
• Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
• Selbach mac Ferchair
• Dúngal mac Selbaig
• Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig

In High Medieval times the Mormaers of Moray claimed descent from Loarn. Ferchar Fota (Ferchar the Tall) (died c. ... Ainbcellach (Scottish Gaelic: 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 Ireland. ... Dúngal mac Selbaig was king of Dál Riata. ... The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray (Middle Irish: Muireb or Moreb; Medieval Latin: Muref or Moravia; Modern Gaelic:Moireabh) was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. ...

• Findláech mac Ruaidrí
• Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti
• Gille Coemgáin mac Máil Brigti
• Mac Bethad mac Findláich (also king of Alba)
• Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (also king of Alba)
• Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich
• Óengus

Findláech of Moray, or Findláech mac Ruaidrí, was the King or Mormaer of Moray, ruling from some point before 1014 until his death in 1020. ... Máel Coluim of Moray, or Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti was King or Mormaer of Moray (1020-1029), and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte. ... Gilla Coemgáin or Gille Coemgáin of Moray was the King or Mormaer of Moray, a semi-autonomous kingdom centred around Inverness that stretched across the north of Scotland. ... Macbeth and the witches by Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741-1825) Mac Bethad mac Findláich, known in English as Macbeth c. ... The Kingdom of Alba for the purposes of this article pertains to the Kingdom of Scotland between the death of Domnall II in 900, and the death of Alexander III in 1286 which then led indirectly to the Scottish Wars of Independence. ... Lulach (Lulach mac Gilla Comgain) (c. ... Máel Snechtai of Moray, or Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich, was the ruler of Moray, and, as his name suggests, the son of Lulach, King of Scotland. ... Óengus of Moray is the last Mormaer or King of Moray, which he ruled from some unknown date until his death in 1130. ...

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