Gabrán mac Domangairt ( Old Welsh: ''Gawran map Dinwarch''''

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'' B Text) or Gabrán the Traitor (''Gwran Wradouc'') was 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 n ...

,in the mid-6th century. He is the

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ancestor of the

Cenél nGabráin The Cenél nGabráin was a kingroup, presumed to descend from Gabrán mac Domangairt, which dominated the kingship of Dál Riata until the late 7th century and continued to provide kings thereafter. Kings of Alba and of Scotland traced their desc ...

. Gabrán was the son of Domangart Réti. The historical evidence for Gabrán is limited to the notice of his death in the

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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 Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (, la, Adamnanus, Adomnanus; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan ( ; from ), was an abbot of Iona Abbey ( 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the ''Life of Col ...

, ''Life of Saint Columba'', 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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