Domnall Brecc Mac Eochaid Buid, King Of Dal Riata
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Name Domnall Brecc Mac Eochaid Buid, King Of Dal Riata [1, 2] Gender Male Died 642 [1, 2] Notes - Domnall Brecc succeeded to the kingship in 629, when his predecessor and distant relative Connad Cerr was killed in Ireland after a three month reign. Domnall was either incompetent, unlucky or both; he never won a battle. His first defeat came in 635 in a battle which was possibly against the Picts. In 637 he was defeated at the battle of Mag Rath in Ireland, and from this point on the kings of Dal Riata completely lost control of their Irish possessions. It was probably about this point that Domnall was demoted to the position of joint king with his third cousin Ferchar, son of Connad Cerr. Domnall was defeated yet again, possibly by the Picts, in 638. He finally met his death in 642, at the hands of the Britons of Strathclyde, and his death was triumphantly recorded in one rescension of Y Goddodin, a famous seventh-century Old Welsh poem. He was succeeded by his joint king Ferchar. The Senchus fails from this point on, so far fewer names of children are recorded.
Person ID I2278 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Eochaid Buid Mac Aedan, King Of Dal Riata, d. 629 Relationship Natural Family ID F1577 Group Sheet
Children 1. Domongart Mac Domnall Brecc, King Of Dal Riata, d. 673 Family ID F1574 Group Sheet
- Domnall Brecc succeeded to the kingship in 629, when his predecessor and distant relative Connad Cerr was killed in Ireland after a three month reign. Domnall was either incompetent, unlucky or both; he never won a battle. His first defeat came in 635 in a battle which was possibly against the Picts. In 637 he was defeated at the battle of Mag Rath in Ireland, and from this point on the kings of Dal Riata completely lost control of their Irish possessions. It was probably about this point that Domnall was demoted to the position of joint king with his third cousin Ferchar, son of Connad Cerr. Domnall was defeated yet again, possibly by the Picts, in 638. He finally met his death in 642, at the hands of the Britons of Strathclyde, and his death was triumphantly recorded in one rescension of Y Goddodin, a famous seventh-century Old Welsh poem. He was succeeded by his joint king Ferchar. The Senchus fails from this point on, so far fewer names of children are recorded.
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