Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig was king of the Cenél Loairn, and of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland), from about 733 until 736. 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. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

He was the son of Ainbcellach mac Ferchair. His coming to power is reported in 733, and is not obviously associated with the death of Eochaid mac Echdach, king of Dál Riata, in the Irish annals. It is not certain who preceded Muiredach as king of the Cenél Loairn, but it may have been his cousin Dúngal mac Selbaig. Muiredach is one of the kings named in the 11th century praise poem Duan Albanach. 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. ... An number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century. ... Dúngal mac Selbaig was king of Dál Riata. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... 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). ...

It is likely that his reign ended as a result of his defeat at the hands of the Picts of Fortriu, led by Talorgan mac Fergusa, brother of Óengus, at "Cnoc Cairpri in Calathros at Etarlinde". The battle is recorded by the Annals of Ulster, but Muiredach's death is not. The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... Fortriu or the the Kingdom of Fortriu is the name given by historians for an ancient Pictish kingdom, and often used synonymously with Pictland in general. ... Óengus I of the Picts, sometimes called Onuist (Hypothetical Pictish form: Unust map Uurguist; O.Ir. ... The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ...

The independent existence of the kingdom of the Cenél Loairn, and that of Dál Riata, probably ended in 736, after which time it formed part of the kingdom of the Picts, ruled by Óengus mac Fergusa. The next king of Dál Riata reported by the Irish annals is Áed Find, of the Cenél nGabráin, named in 768. Some Scottish sources, including the Chronicle of Melrose, have Muiredach's son Eógan as his successor. The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... Óengus I of the Picts, sometimes called Onuist (Hypothetical Pictish form: Unust map Uurguist; O.Ir. ... Áed Find (Aed the White) was king of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland) from before 768 until his death in 778. ... The Chronicle of Melrose is a medieval chronicle from the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix within the British Museum. ...

External links

• Annals of Ulster at CELT (translated)
• Annals of Tigernach at CELT
• Duan Albanach at CELT (translated)