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Dalriada

 
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Ancient kingdom, northeastern Ireland and western Scotland. Known from the 5th century AD, it included the northern part of the present County Antrim in Northern Ireland and part of the Inner Hebrides and Argyll in Scotland. Earlier, Argyll had received northern Irish people known as Scoti and had become an Irish (i.e., "Scottish") area. In the late 5th century the rulers of Irish Dalriada expanded into Scottish Dalriada. Irish Dalriada gradually declined, while the Dalriada of the Scottish mainland continued to expand. In the mid-9th century the Picts were brought permanently under Dalriadic rule, and the whole country was thereafter known as Scotland.

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A small kingdom in western Scotland founded by Fergus and his brothers when they moved from Ireland in the later 5th century. It covers the region previously occupied by the Damnonii who may well have been absorbed into the new kingdom. The kingdom was ruled from Dunadd in the Crianan Moss, Argyll, and developed a strong presence in the region. The Celtic church established an early monastery on Iona which provided a base for the conversion of northern Britain to Christianity. See Scots.
 
 
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