Gabrán mac Domangairt (

Old Welsh Old Welsh ( cy, Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh.Koch, p. 1757. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic ...

: ''Gawran map Dinwarch'''' Annales Cambriae'' B Text) or Gabrán the Traitor (''Gwran Wradouc'') was king of Dál Riata,in the mid-6th century. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin. Gabrán was the son of

Domangart Réti Domangart Réti was king of Dál Riata in the early 6th century, following the death of his father, Fergus Mór. He had at least two sons: Comgall and Gabrán, both of whom became kings in succession. The '' Tripartite Life of St. Patrick'' sta ...

. The historical evidence for Gabrán is limited to the notice of his death in the Irish and Welsh annals. It is possible that Gabrán's death should be linked to a migration or flight from Bridei mac Maelchon, but this may be no more than coincidence.See under Bridei mac Maelchon.

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* Adomnán of Iona, ''Life of Saint

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

'', tr. & ed. Richard Sharpe. Penguin, London, 1995. * Bannerman, John, ''Studies in the History of Dalriada.'' Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1974. * Lane, Alan & Campbell, Ewan, ''Dunadd: An early Dalriadic capital'', Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2000. * Sharpe, Richard, "The thriving of Dalriada" in Simon Taylor (ed.), ''Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland 500–1297.'' Four Courts, Dublin, 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabran mac Domangairt 6th-century births Kings of Dál Riata 6th-century Scottish monarchs 560s deaths 6th-century Irish monarchs

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