Eochaid Muinremuir was a possible king of
Dál Riata
Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) () was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel. At its height in the 6th and 7th centuries, it covered what is now ...
in the early 5th century. He was the grandfather of the legendary king of Scotland,
Fergus Mór
Fergus Mór mac Eirc ( gd, Fearghas Mòr Mac Earca; English: ''Fergus the Great'') was a possible king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada.
While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotl ...
, he also was the father of
Erc of Dál Riata.
[William F. Skene, Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots (Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1867), p. 18, 308, 316, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=XVkJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA316. (Accessed by Google Books)] Eochaid may have married Carthn Casduff, but, as with most information about Eochaid, this fact is obscure and uncertain. Eochaid was also thought to be the son of
Áengus Fert. He may be identified with the mythical Scots ruler
Eugenius I.
See also
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Dalriada
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Irish nobility
The Irish nobility could be described as including persons who do, or historically did, fall into one or more of the following categories of nobility:
* Gaelic nobility of Ireland descendants in the male line of at least one historical grade o ...
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Fergus Mór
Fergus Mór mac Eirc ( gd, Fearghas Mòr Mac Earca; English: ''Fergus the Great'') was a possible king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada.
While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotl ...
References
Sources
* History of the Kings of Scotland, 1582, George Buchanan
* Genealogy, 2015, Bridget Windstead
Kings of Dál Riata
5th-century monarchs in Europe
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