SIOS[564] DOWN HERE.
Donnchach mac Duncan (_eighth earl of Lennox_)
son of
Baltair mic Walter[565] (_de Fasselane_) son of
Amlaimh mic Awley son of
Donnchach mic Duncan son of
Amlaoimh og mic Awley the young, son of
Amlaoimh mor mic Awley mor, son of
Ailin mic Ailin (_second earl of Lennox_) son
of
Ailin mor mic Ailin mor (_first earl of Lennox_)
son of
Muireadhaigh mic Muredach son of
Maoldomhnaigh mic Maeldovnaigh _son of_
Maine Leamna mic _Maine Leamna son of_
Cuirc mic _Corc son of_
Lughaidh _Lughaidh_.
-----
Footnote 564:
From MS. T. C. D., H. 1, 7; and MS. 1467.
Footnote 565:
Walter de Fasselane married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Donald,
sixth Earl of Lennox. His father Alan is by the peerage-writers
identified with Awley, grandson of Aluin, second earl, but this would
put him in the same generation with his wife’s grandfather. This
pedigree supplies the omitted links.
V.
Clans supposed to be descended from the Kings of Dalriada in Scotland.
First Group—Clans descended from Fearchar fada, son of Fearadach of the
Tribe of Lorn, king of Dalriada; died 697.
I.
GENEALACH CLANN DUBH[566] GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN DUFF.
Maelsnechta mac Maelsnectai (_king of Moray, d.
1085_) son of
Lulaig mic Lulach (_king of Scotland, d.
1058_) son of
Gillicomgan mic Gillcomgan (_Mormaer of Moray, d.
1032_) son of
Maelbrigde mic Maelbrigda son of
Ruadri mic Ruadri son of
Domnall mic Donald son of
Morgaind mic Morgan son of
Domnall mic Donald son of
Cathmail mic Cathmail son of
Ruadri mic Ruadri _son of_
Aircellach mic _Aircellach son of_
Ferchair fhoda mic _Ferchar fada son of_
Fearadaig mic _Feradach son of_
Fergusa mic _Fergus, son of_
Sneachtain mic _Sneachtain son of_
Colmain mic _Colman son of_
Buadan mic _Buadan son of_
Eathaig mic _Ethach son of_
Muredaig mic _Muredaig son of_
Loarn moir mic _Loarn mor son of_
Eirc mic _Erc son of_
Ethach munreamhar _Ethach munreamhar_.
MacBiad mac Macbeth (_king of Scotland, d.
1058_) son of
Finnlaeic mic Findlaech (_Mormaer of Moray, d.
1020_) son of
Ruadri mic Ruadri son of
Domnall mic Donald son of
Morgainn Morgan.
-----
Footnote 566:
This genealogy occurs in the Books of Leinster, Ballimote, and Leccan,
in MS. 1467, MS. Bod. Rawl., 502, and T. C. D., H. 2, 18, where it is
called the Genealogy of the Clan Duff, in the Book of Leinster the
Clan Lulaigh, in MS. Bod. Ri Alban.
II.
GENELACH MIC NEACHTAIN[567] GENEALOGY OF MACNACHTAN.
Muiris mac Maurice son of
Malcolum mic Malcom son of
Muiris mic Maurice son of[568]
Maelcoluim mic Malcolm son of
Gibuin mic Gilbert[569] son of
Ferchaer mic Ferchard son of
Gillchrist mic Gilchrist son of
Domnaill mic Donald son of
Neachtain mic Nachtan son of
Artuir mic Arthur son of
Gibuin mic Gilbert son of
Neachtain mic Nachtan son of
Isog mic Isaac son of
Gillamartain mic Gillamartan son of
Aengusa mic Angus son of
Imhair mic Ivor son of
Neachtain og mic Nachton the young, son of
Neachtain nisin mic Nachtan of the wounds, son of
Neachtan moir mic Nachtan mor _son of_
Domnaill duinn mic _Donald donn (or the brown) son of_
Ferchair fada mic _Ferchar fada son of_
Feradaigh mic _Feradach son of_
Fergusa mic _Fergus son of_
Neachtan mic _Neachtan son of_
Colmain mic _Colman son of_
Buadan mic _Buadan son of_
Eathach mic _Eathach son of_
Muiredaig mic _Muredach son of_
Loarn moir mic _Loarn mor son of_
Eirc mic _Erc son of_
Echach muinreamhair _Ethach munreamhar_.
-----
Footnote 567:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 568:
Maurice MacNaughton has a charter from Colin Campbell of Lochow of
lands in Over Lochow.
III.
DO GENELACH CLANN AN TOISIGH ANNSO GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN AN TOSHACH
.I. CLANN GILLACATAN[570] HERE, VIZ. THE CLAN GILLACHATTAN.
William agus Domnall da mhic William and Donald two sons of
William mic William son of
Ferchair mic Ferchard (_mentioned in 1383_) son
of
William mic William son of
Gillamichol mic Gillamichael son of
Ferchair mic Ferchard son of
Disiab mic Shaw son of
Gillacrist mic Gilchrist son of
Aigcol mic Aigcol son of
Eogain mic Ewen son of
mic mic son of the son of
Neill Neill.
Lochlaine mac Lochlan son of
Suibne mic Suibhne son of
Disiab mic Shaw son of
Leoid mic Leod son of
Tsead mic Scayth (_mentioned in 1338_) son of
Ferchar mic Ferchard son of
Gillacrist mic Gilchrist son of
Maelcolaim mic Malcolm son of
Domnaill renabarta Donald, called the
in Caimgilla mic Caimgilla, son of
Mureach mic Mureach son of
Suibne mic Suibhne son of
Teadh mic Tead son of
Neachtain mic Nachtain son of
Gillachatain o fuiled Clann Gillachattan, from whom descended
Gillacatan mic the Clann Gillachattan, son of
Gallbrait mic Gallbrait son of
Diarmada renabarta Diarmad called
an Fear Leighinn mic the Lector, _son of_
Erc mic _Erc son of_
Conlait mic _Conlaith son of_
Fearchair fota mic _Ferchar fada son of_
Fearadaigh _Feradach_.
-----
Footnote 569:
In 1292 terra Gilberti MacNaughton.
Footnote 570:
From MS. 1467.
IV.
GENELACH CLANN MAELANFHAIGH GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN MILLONY OR
(CLANN GILLACAMSROIN)[571] CLAN CAMERON.
Eoghan mac Ewen son of
Domnall duibh mic Donald dubh son of
Ailin maelanfaid mic Allan Millony son of
Poil mic Paul son of
Gillapadruig mic Gillapatrick son of
Gillamartain mic Gillamartan son of
Poil mic Paul son of
Mailanfaid mic Millony son of
Gillroid a quo Gillacamsroin agus Gilleroth,[572] from whom descended
clann Maelanfaigh the Clan Cameron
o fuilid[573] ... mic and Clan Millony, son of
Gillamartain og mic Gillamartan og son of
Gillaganiorgan (?) mic Gillaniorgan son of
Gillamartan moir mic Gillamartan mor son of
Gilleogain mic mic Gilleewen son of
Gillapaill mic Gillapaul son of
Eacada mic Eacada son of
Gartnaid mic Gartnaid son of
Digail mic Digail son of
Pouilacin mic Pouilacin son of
Airt mic Art son of
Aengusa moir mic Angus mor son of
Erc mic Erc son of
Telt Telt.
Second Group—Clans descended from Fearchar abraruadh, son of Fearadach
Finn of the Tribe of Lorn.
GENEALACH MHIC GILLEOIN[574] GENEALOGY OF THE MACLEANS.
Lochloinn mac Lachlan son of
Eachduinn mhic Eachduinn (or Hector) son of
Lochloinn mhic Lachlan son of
Eoin mhic John son of
Giollacolum mhic Malcolm son of
Maoiliosa mhic Maoiliosa son of
Gilleeoin mhic Gilleeoin son of
Mecraith mhic MacRath son of
Maoilsruthain mhic Maolsruthain son of
Neill mhic Neill son of
Conduilig .i. Ab Leasamoir mhic Cuduilig, Abbot of Lismore, son of
Raingce mhic Raingce son of
Sean Dubhgaill Sgoinne mhic Old Dougall of Scone, _son of_
Fearchar abradruaidh mhic _Ferchar abraruaidh son of_
Fearadhaigh reambraidhte mhic _Feradach, above mentioned, son of_
Fergusa, ut supra, mhic _Fergusa, as above, son of_
Neachtain, etc. _Neachtan_, _etc_.
Tri meic Raingce .i. Raingce had three sons, viz.
Cucatha a quo Clann Chonchatha Cucatha[575] from whom the Clan
iccric Leamhna agus Conchatha, in the district of
Lennox, and
Cusidhe a quo Clann Consithe a Bhib Cusidhe,[575] from whom the Clan
agus Consithe in Fife and
Cuduiligh a quo Clann Conduiligh Cuduilig, from whom the Clan
.i. Clann mec Gille-Eoin in Conduilig, that is, the Clan
oilenaibh Muile MacLean in the island of Mull.
Gilleeoin mac Mecraith tri meic les Gilleeoin son of MacRath had three
.i. Bristi, Giollabrighde agus sons, Bristi, Gillebride, and
Maoliosa Maoliosa.
Giollacolum mac Maoilosa tri meic Malcolm son of Maoliosa had three
les .i. sons, viz.
Domhnall Niall agus Eoin Rioghnach Donald, Niall, and John.[576]
inghean Gamhail Mormair Cairrige Rignach, daughter of Gamail, lord
mathair an trir sin of Carrick, was the mother of
these three sons.
Maoliosa agus Eoin da mac an Maoliosa and John were the two sons
Domhnaill sin. Beatog agus of the above Donald. Beatrice and
Aithbric a dha ingen Aithbric his two daughters.
Niall umorro da mhac les .i. Niall moreover had two sons, viz.
Diarmuid agus Giollacoluim Diarmad and Malcolm.
Eoin diu da mhac maithe les .i. John had long before two good sons,
Lochloinn agus Eachdhonn viz. Lachlan and Hector.
Lachluinn cuig mec les .i. Eoin, Lachlan had five sons, viz. John,
Eachdhonn, Lochlainn Niall agus Hector, Lachlan. Niall, and
Somhairle Somerled.
Fionnghuala agus Maria a dha ingen Finnguala and Maria were his two
daughters.
Eachdonn mac Eoin clann lais .i. Hector, son of John, had these
Murchadh, Donnall, sons, viz. Murdoch, Donald,
Toirrdhealbach, Eoghan, Charles, Ewen,
Tamas agus Gillecaluim Thomas, and Malcolm.
Clann Crisitiona ingene Macleoid They were the sons of Cristina,
.i. Murcadh mac daughter of MacLeod, viz. of
Murdoch, son of
Tormoid mhic Tormoid son of
Leoid mhic Leod son of
Gillemuire mhic Gillemuire son of
Raice mhic Raice son of
Olbair snoice mhic Olbair snoice son of
Gillemuire. Ealga fholtalainn Gillemuire. Ealga of the beautiful
ingean Arailt mic Semmair righ locks daughter of Harald son of
Lochlan mathair an Gillemuire sin Semmair, king of Lochlann (_or
Norway_) was the mother of that
Gillemure.
Third Group—Clans descended from Donald donn, son of Fearadach Finn of
the Tribe of Lorn.
I.
GENEALACH CLANN LABHRAN[577] ANSO GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN LAWREN HERE.
Eain agus Domnall agus John and Donald and
Anilgolga oig mhic Anichol the young, sons of
Colim mhic Malcolm son of
Domnaill mhic Donald son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Barthur mhic Walter son of
Ab Achtus mhic The Abbot of Achtus[578] son of
Aeid mhic Aedh son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Iaig mhic Iaig son of
Disiab mhic Shaw son of
Gillacrist mhic Gilchrist son of
Gillamicol mhic Gillamichael son of
Pilip mhic Philip son of
Finlaeic oig mhic Finlaech og son of
Finlaeic moir mhic Finlaech mor son of
Dubgaill mhic Dougall son of
Baltuir mhic Walter son of
Carlusa mhic Carlusa _son of_
Domnaill oig mhic _Donald og son of_
Domnaill duinn mhic _Donald donn son of_
Fearadhach Finn _Feradach Finn_.
II.
GENEALACH CLANN AID ANNSO[579] GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN AY HERE.
Fearchair mac Ferchard son of
Imair mhic Ivor son of
Gillacrist mhic Gilchrist son of
Gillaespic mhic Gilespic son of
Gillananaemh mhic Gillananaemh son of
Gillacrist mhic Gilchrist son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Gillamitel mhic Gillamichael son of
Aid mhic Aidh son of
Gallbuirt mhic Gallbuirt son of
Gillacatan mhic Gillacatan son of
Domnaill mhic Donald son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Pilip mhic Philip son of
Disiab mhic Shaw son of
Eirdi mhic Erdi son of
Aengusa mhic Angus son of
Finlaeic mhic Finlaech son of
Carla mhic Carla _son of_
Domnaill oig mhic _Donald og son of_
Domnaill duinn mhic _Donald donn son of_
Feradhach _Feradach_.
Fourth Group—Clans said to be descended from Cormac, son of Airbeartach.
I.
Clans said to be descended from FERADACH FINN through Cormac mac
Airbeartach.
I.
GENEALACH CLANN AINNRIAS[580] GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN ANDRES.
Pal mac Paul son of
Tire mhic Tire son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Muredaig mhic Muredach son of
Poil mhic Paul son of
Gilleainnrias mhic Gillandres son of
Martain mhic Martin son of
Poil mhic Paul son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth son of
Cristin mhic Cristin son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth son of
Cristin mhic Cristin son of
Gillaeoin na hairde mhic Gillaeoin of the Aird, son of
Eirc mhic Erc son of
Loairn mhic Lorn son of
Ferchair mhic Ferchard son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Airbertaigh mhic Airbertach _son of_
Fearadhach _Feradach_.
II.
GENEALACH CEANN CAINNIG[581] GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN KENNETH
Murchaid mac Murdoch son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth son of
Eoin mhic John son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth son of
Aongusa mhic Angus son of
Cristin mhic Cristin[582] son of
Cainnig[583] mhic Kenneth son of
Gillaeoin oig mhic Gilleeoin og son of
Gillaeoin na hairde Gilleeoin of the Aird.
III.
GENEALACH MHIC MATGAMNA[584] ANSO GENEALOGY OF THE MATHESONS DOWN
SIS HERE.
Murechach mac Murdoch son of
Donncaig mhic Duncan son of
Murechach mhic Murdoch son of
Donnchach mhic Duncan son of
Murechach mhic Murdoch son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth[585] son of
Matgamna mhic Matgamna (_or Mahan_) son of
Cainnig mhic Kenneth son of
Cristin Cristin.
IV.
GENEALACH MHIC DUIBSITHI ANSO[586] GENEALOGY OF MACDUFFY HERE.
Domnall agus Niall agus Donald and Niall and
Gillacolaim tri mhic Malcolm the three sons of
Gillaespic mhic Gillespic son of
Gillacrist mhic Gillchrist son of
Gillacoluim mhic Malcolm son of
Dubgaill mor mhic Dougall mor son of
Duibsith mhic Dubshithe (_or Duffy_) son of
Murechach mhic Murdoch son of
Finlaeic cais mhic Finlaech cas son of
Murechach mhic Murdoch son of
Ferchair mhic Ferchard son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Airbeartaigh mhic Airbertach _son of_
Fearadaigh _Feradach_.
II.
Clans said to be descended from FEARCHAIR ABRARUADH through Cormac mac
Airbeartach.
DO GENEALACH MHIC AN ABA EGNE[587] THE GENEALOGY OF THE MACNABS.
Gillamure mac Gillamure son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Aengusa mhic Angus son of
Macbethad mhic Macbeth son of
Aengusa mhic Angus son of
Gillamure loganaig mhic Gillemure Loganaig son of
Ferchair mhic Ferchard son of
Finnlaeic mhic Finnlaech son of
Donnchaich mhic Duncan son of
Firtired mhic Firtired son of
Gillafaelan mhic Gillafaelan son of
Gillamartan mhic Gillamartan son of
Firtiread mhic Firtired son of
Loairn mhic Lorn son of
Fearchar mhic Ferchard son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Airbeartaigh mhic Airbertach _son of_
Erc mhic _Erc son of_
Domnaill duinn mhic _Donald donn son of_
Ferchar abraruadh mhic _Ferchar Abraruadh son of_
Feradaig _Feradach_.
III.
Clans said to be descended from FEARCHAR FADA through Cormac mac
Airbertach.
GENEALACH CLANN GRIGAIR[588] GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN GREGOR.
Malcolaim Mac Malcolm son of
Padruic mhic Patrick son of
Eoin mhic John son of
Gregair mhic Gregor son of
Donnchaich mhic Duncan son of
Maeilcolaim mhic Malcolm son of
Gillacrist mhic Gillchrist son of
Ferchair mhic Ferchard son of
Muredaigh mhic Murdoch son of
Ainnrias mhic Annrias (_or Andrew_) son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Airbertaigh mhic Airbertach _son of_
Fearchar oig mhic _Ferchar og son of_
Fearchair fada mhic _Ferchar fada son of_
Fearadach finn _Feradach finn_.
IV.
Clans said to be descended from FEARCHAR FADA through Macbeth, son of
Finlaech, and Cormac mac Airbertach.
I.
DO GENEALACH CLANN GUAIRE[589] THE GENEALOGY OF THE CLAN QUARRY.
Ceallach mac Cellach son of
Poil mhic Paul son of
Cellach in enig mhic Cellach, the liberal, son of
Turcaill mhic Torquill son of
Ceallaig mhic Cellach son of
Guaire mhic Guaire (_or Quarry_) son of
Cormaic mhic Cormac son of
Arbertaig mhic Airbertach _son of_
Murechach mhic _Murechach son of_
Fearchair [oig] mhic _Ferchach og son of_
Mic Beathaidh mhic _Macbeth son of_
Finlaeic mhic _Finnlaech son of_
Fearchar fada mhic _Ferchar fada son of_
Fearadaig mhic _Feradach son of_
Fergusa _Fergus_.
Turcuill Guaire agus Cormac tri Torquill, Guaire, and Cormac, three
meic eile Poil mhic Ceallaig other sons of Paul, son of
anoinigh Cellach, the liberal.
II.
DO GENEALACH MHIC FINGAINE[590] THE GENEALOGY OF THE MACKINNONS.
Niall mac Niall son of
Gillabrigde mhic Gillebride son of
Eogain mhic Ewen son of
Gillabrigde mhic Gillebride son of
Sean Eogain mhic Old Ewen son of
Finlaeic mhic Finlaech son of
Fingainne o fuiled Clann Fingaine Fingaine, from whom came the Clan
mhic Fingaine (_or Mackinnons_) son of
Cormac mhic Cormac son of
Airbeartaigh mhic Airbertach _son of_
Murchertaigh mhic _Muirchertach son of_
Fearchair oig etc. _Ferchar og_ _etc_.
Fionnguine Ab Hi dearbhrathair do Fingaine Abbot of Iona was
Niall mhic Gillebrigde brother-german of Niall son of
Gillebride.
III.
GENEALACH MHICGILLA MAOIL[591] GENEALOGY OF THE MACMILLANS.
Gillacoluim og mac Malcolm the young, son of
Gillacoluim moir mhic Malcolm mor son of
Maolmuire mhic Maolmure son of
Cainn mhic Cainn son of
Dubgaill mhic Dougall son of
Gillacoluim mhic Malcolm son of
Gillacrist dar comhaimn an Gillchrist called an Gillamaol (_or
Gillamaol agus Clann an Mail mhic the tonsured servant_) from whom
are the Clan an Mail (_or
MacMillans_) son of
Cormaic mhic Cormac son of
Airbeartaigh reamraieth Airbertach aforesaid
a se an tairbertach sin do aitreabh This Airbertach had twelve tribes
da threibh deg i Fionnlochlannach inhabiting the Norwegian
.i. Greagraidhe na ngaisgeathach territory, viz. Greagraid of the
das comainim Muile agus Tir no Champions, commonly called Mull
Tire aodha agus Cruibhinis, no and Tiroda (Tiree) and Cruibhinis
Craobhinis or Craobhinis (or _Island of
Bushes_).[592]
IV.
GENEALACH MHIC GILLAAGAMNAN[593] GENEALOGY OF THE MACLENNANS.
Amarechach mhic Murdoch son of
mhic son of
mhic son of
Murechach mhic Murdoch son of
mhic son of
Donnchach mhic Duncan son of
Nicail mhic Nicail son of
Gillaagamnan o fuil an fine[594] Gillaagamnan, from whom came the
mhic clan, son of
Cormac mhic Corman son of
Airbertaigh Airbertach.
-----
Footnote 571:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 572:
This is the Gilleroth mentioned by Fordun in 1222 as a follower of
Gillespic Macohecan in his insurrection, along with whom he witnesses
a charter as Gilleroth son of Gillemartan.
Footnote 573:
There is a sentence here so defaced as to be hardly legible. The words
‘Clann ... Maelanfaig agus rac an sreoin ic Gillanfaigh’ may be made
out, and imply that the MacGillonies of Strone were his descendants.
Footnote 574:
From MS. 1647, MacFirbis and MacVurich, Hector and Lauchlan have
charters from the Lord of the Isles of Dowart.
Footnote 575:
The names Cucatha and Cusidhe mean respectively the dog of war and the
dog of peace.
Footnote 576:
Dofnaldus MacGilhon, Johannes et Nigellus filii Gilhon appear in the
Exchequer Rolls in 1326.
Footnote 577:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 578:
The name of this abbot not given, but it must have been Labhran, from
whom the clan takes its name.
Footnote 579:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 580:
From MS 1467. The Earl of Ross grants a charter in 1366 to Paul
Mactyre of the lands of Gerloch.
Footnote 581:
From MS. 1467 and MacVurich.
Footnote 582:
Gilchrist filius Kinedi appears in 1222 as a follower of MacWilliam.
Footnote 583:
MS. 1467 has Agad by mistake for Cainnig, correctly given by
MacVurich.
Footnote 584:
From MS. 1467 and MacVurich.
Footnote 585:
Kermac Macmaghan appears in the Exchequer Rolls in 1264.
Footnote 586:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 587:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 588:
From MS. 1467.
Footnote 589:
From MS. 1467 and MacFirbis.
Footnote 590:
From MS. 1467 and MacFirbis.
Footnote 591:
From MS. 1467 and MacFirbis.
Footnote 592:
This is said to be an old name for Iona.
Footnote 593:
From MS. 1467. Some of the names cannot be read.
Footnote 594:
The Clan is here called Finé.
INDEX.
INDEX.
Abbacia or Abthanrie, definition of, ii. 343, 393; iii. 261,
283.
Abbacy, law of succession to, ii. 66.
Aberbuthnot, thanage of, iii. 259.
Abercorn (Aebbercurnig), i. 368;
monastery, 133, 262, 268; ii. 224.
Aberdeen, bishopric of, ii. 378;
thanage of, iii. 86, 253.
Aberdour (Fifeshire), church of, dedicated to St. Fillan, ii. 33.
Aberkerdor, thanage of, iii. 251.
Aberlemno (Aberlemenach), thanage of, iii. 262, 264.
Abernethy (site of Orrea?), i. 74;
church of, said to be founded by Nectan, 135; ii. 32;
also by Garnard, i. 305;
homage of Malcolm Ceannmor at, 424;
church of, dedicated to St. Bridget, ii. 309, 326;
round tower of, built by Irish clergy, _temp_. Kenneth MacAlpin,
309-10;
primacy transferred to, _ib_.
Abers and Invers, on the distribution of, i. 220-222.
Aberte. _See_ Dunaverty.
Aboyne. _See_ Obeyn.
Abravannus, river (the Luce), i. 66.
Abthanries, iii. 83, 261, 283.
Acca, bishop in Hexham, i. 275; ii. 222.
Adamnan, ninth abbot of Hii or Iona, i. 245, 269;
his first mission to Northumbria, ii. 170;
repairs the monastery of Iona, 171;
second mission to Northumbria, 171;
is converted to the prevalent manner of keeping Easter, 172;
attends the Synod of Tara, 173;
his death, 173.
Adamnan’s _Life of Columba_, i. 28.
Add, river, i. 68, 216; iii. 129.
Adhelstan, (legendary) king of the Saxons, i. 297-299.
Adrian, St., legend of, i. 320; ii. 311.
Aebba, first abbess of Coldingham, ii. 200.
Aed, son of Boanta, Dalriada governed by, i. 305, 308.
Aed, son of Kenneth, king of the Picts (A.D. 877), i. 328-9.
Aed, son of Neill, king of Ireland, i. 330.
Aeda Allan, head of the Cinel Eoghan, defeats Flaithbertach, king of
Ireland, i. 289-90.
Aedh (Aed Finn), son of Eachach, slain in attempting to restore the
kingdom of Dalriada, i. 300.
Aedh, king of Ailech, gives battle to the fleet of the Gallgaidhel, i.
312.
Aedh Finnliath, king of Ireland, i. 313.
Aedilbald, king of Mercia, invades Northumbria (A.D. 740), i. 291.
Aedilfrid, king of Bernicia and Deira, i. 236, 239, 244;
his sons take refuge in Iona, ii. 153.
Aeduin (Edwyn), son of Ella, expelled from his kingdom of Deira by
Aedilfrid, regains it and also Bernicia, i. 239, 240;
his name left in Edwinesburg (Edinburgh), 240;
his conversion to Christianity, and baptism at York, ii. 154;
slain at Hatfield, i. 243; ii. 155.
Aelfred the Great, his struggles with the Danes, i. 349.
Aelric, uncle of Aeduin, i. 244.
Aethelstan (A.D. 925-40), grandson of Aelfred the Great, attacks
Northumbria, i. 351,
and invades Alban, 352;
league of the northern populations against him, ᚬ v1 352-53ᚬ;
victories in the battle of Brunanburg, ᚬv1 353-60ᚬ;
his death, 359.
Aëtius, his aid asked for by the Britons, i. 144, 148.
Agned, Mt. (Edinburgh), i. 153, 238.
Agrestes, laws relating to, iii. 244.
Agricola, Julius, his arrival in Britain as governor, i. 41;
extent of the Roman province at this time, 41, 42;
favourable circumstances under which his government commenced, ᚬv1
42ᚬ;
characteristics of his administration, 43;
defeats the Ordovices, 43;
overruns districts on the Solway, 43, 44;
ravages the Tay, 45;
fortifies as far as isthmus between the Forth and the Clyde, 46,
47;
visits Argyll and Kintyre, 47;
his three years’ war north of the Forth, ᚬv1 48-52ᚬ;
battle of ‘Mons Granpius,’ ᚬv1 52>-56ᚬ;
his recall, 57;
result of his campaigns, 57;
the Caledonian tribes resume their independence, ᚬv1 58-60ᚬ.
Agricolæ, rustici, or husbandmen, laws relating to, iii. 244.
Aicill, Book of, iii. 176 _seq_.
Aidan, son of Gabran, inaugurated king of Dalriada by St. Columba, i.
143, 229, 247, 249;
his death, 239.
Aidan, first bishop of Lindisfarne, i. 251; ii. 157;
death of, i. 253;
relics of, 259;
dedications to, 260.
Aidh, clan, iii. 344-5.
Ailbhe, Cummene, fifth abbot of Iona, ii. 163.
Ainbhcellaig, son of Fearchar Fada, king of Dalriada, i. 272;
slain, 284.
Airdross (Aird of Ross), a mountainous region in Ross-shire, iii. 344.
Airgialla, Oirgialla, the term explained, i. ᚬv1 286-7ᚬ.
Airthrey (Aithrie, Athran), i. 341; iii. 45.
Alani, the. _See_ Vandals.
Alaster (MacAlasters), clan, iii, 330, 404, 408, 410, 468.
Alata Castra (the winged camp), a town of the Vacomagi, position of, i.
74, 75.
Alauna, town of, Inchkeith = the Giudi of Bede. _See_ Giudi.
Alauna, a town of the Damnonii, i. 74.
Alaunus, river (Allan, in Northumberland), i. 66.
Alban, history of the men of, iii. 213.
Alban, Albania, an early appellation of that part of Britain situated
to the north of the Forth and Clyde, i. 1, 2 (_see_
Scotia);
near the close of the ninth century the territory designated Pictavia
is called the kingdom of Alban, 335;
Donald, son of Constantin, and grandson of Kenneth mac Alpin, first
king of Alban, ᚬv1 335-9ᚬ;
its division into seven provinces as given by Andrew, bishop of
Caithness, probably applicable to the time of Constantin, son of
Aedh, 340; iii. 44 _seq_.;
organisation of the provinces, i. 343;
kingdom attacked by Aethelstan, 352;
extent of the kingdom of Alban at the time when first designated
Scotia, 395, 398;
bishops of, ii. 323, 327, ᚬv2 329-331ᚬ _seq_.;
Tract entitled _History of the Men of Alban_, i. 230; iii. 213.
_Albanic Duan_, the, a poem of the eleventh century, i. 184.
Albinus, Clodius, governor of Britain, i. 79;
defeated and slain by Severus, at Lyons, 80.
Alcluith, fastness of (Dumbarton), i. 130, 139;
capital of the Britons of Alclyde, 236.
_See_ Alclyde.
Alclyde, Britons of, territory of the kingdom of, i. 235, ᚬv1
365ᚬ;
its population and capital, its monarchs (called kings of Alcluith),
236;
after thirty years’ subjection to the Angles, 256, they recover
their independence, 267, 271;
subjugated by Eadberct and Angus, ᚬv1 294-6ᚬ;
the capital besieged by the Northmen under Amlaiph and Imhair, ᚬv1
324ᚬ;
the term Cumbri first applied to the Strathclyde Britons, 326;
regain their independence, and elect Donald, son of Aedh, king of
Alban, as their ruler, 346;
ravaged by the Saxons, and ceded to the Scots, 362.
_See_ Cumbria.
Alcred, king of Northumbria, i. 300.
Aldborough (Ealdburg), i. 359.
Aldfrid, king of Northumbria, i. 268.
Aldgaitha, half-sister of Ealdred, earl of Northumbria, i. 394,
408, 419.
Aldred, son of Eadulf or Athulf, commander of Bamborough, i. 373.
Aldred (Ealdred), son of Uchtred, earl of Bernicia, i. 399, ᚬv1
408ᚬ.
Aldred, archbishop of York, i. 413.
Aldun, Bishop, i. 385.
Alexander I., son of Malcolm Ceannmor, reigns seventeen years (A.D.
1107-24), i. 447;
founds the monastery of Scone, 447;
also a priory on the island of Lochtay, 448;
his struggle for the Church’s independence, ᚬv1 448-451ᚬ;
founds a monastery on the island of Inchcolm, 451;
dies at Stirling, and is buried in Dunfermline, 454.
Alexander II., son of William the Lion, crowned at Scone, reigns
thirty-five years (A.D. 1214-49), i. 483;
an insurrection against, headed by the families of MacWilliam and
MacEth subdued by Ferquhard Macintagart of Applecross, 483;
subdues Argyll, 484,
and Galloway, 487;
attempts the reduction of the Western Isles, 489;
dies at Kerrera, 490.
Alexander III., crowned at Scone, reigns thirty-six years (A.D.
1249-1285), i. 490;
ceremony at his coronation, 490;
regency during his minority, 492;
contests the sovereignty of the Western Isles with king Hakon of
Norway, 492,
whom he defeats at Largs, 494;
annexes said Isles to the kingdom of Scotland, 495;
deaths of all his family, 496;
summons the Estates of Scotland to regulate the succession, 496;
marries his second wife, i. 496;
accidentally killed near Kinghorn, 497;
Scotland consolidated into one feudal monarchy in his reign, iii. 1;
English possessions, 5;
physical aspect of Scotland at this time, 9-15;
population composed of six races, 15 _seq_.;
Estates of the realm in 1283, 39.
Allan, river (Stirlingshire), i. 45.
Allectus, a usurper, reigns three years in Britain, is defeated and
slain by Constantius Chlorus, i. 93, 95, 129.
Allelujatic victory, the, i. 150, 151.
_Alltudion_, in the Welsh tribe, analogous to the Irish _Fuidhir_, iii.
200.
Almond, river (Perthshire), Roman camp at its junction with the Tay, i.
45, 88, 266, 381.
_See_ Tula Aman.
—— river (Midlothian), i. 249, 381.
Alphabets, the Irish and Ogham, ii. 449;
Hill Burton’s opinion of the latter, ᚬv2 449-450ᚬ.
Alpin (son of Eochaidh), king of the Picts (A.D. 726), i. 286;
struggles after his accession, ᚬv1 287-9ᚬ;
invades the Pictish province of Galloway, where he was slain, ᚬv1
291-2ᚬ.
Alpin, son of Wroid, king of the Picts (A.D. 775-80), called in the
_Ulster Annals_ Elpin, king of the Saxons, i. 301.
Alpin the Scot (A.D. 832-4), father of Kenneth mac Alpin, attacks the
Picts and is slain, i. 306;
traditional locality of the battle, ᚬv1 306-7ᚬ.
_See_ Picts.
Alwynus, bishop of Alban, ii. 336.
Alyth, thanage of, iii. 276.
Amlaimh (Amlaiph, Olaf), Norwegian king of Dublin, i. 313,
324-326.
Amlaiph (Olaf), son of Indulph, king of Alban, slain by Kenneth, i. ᚬv1
370ᚬ.
_Amra Choluim Chilli_, ancient tract, quoted, ii. 123, 145;
iii. 210.
Anchoretical life, its influence on the monastic church, ii. 233;
early developed in Ireland and Scotland, 245.
Anchorites, called _Deicolæ_, God-worshippers, ii. 238;
also the people of God, 239;
attempts to bring them under monastic rule, 240;
brought under canonical rule, 242;
their existence in the Saxon Church, 245;
termed in Ireland _Deoraidh De_, 248;
also _Ceile De_, 251;
characteristics similar to the _Deicolæ_, 252;
brought under canonical rule in Ireland, 254;
in Scotland termed _Keledei_, 255;
adopt the canonical rule, 276.
Andres (Rosses), clan, iii. 330, 365, 484.
Andrew, St., legends relating to, and the analysis of them, i. ᚬv1
296-99ᚬ;
churches dedicated to him, 298;
Ceannrighmonaigh, the first name of the place where a church was
founded in honour of his relics, which was then called
Cellrighmonaid (Chilrymont, Kilrymont), 299;
relics of, brought to Hexham church, founded in his honour, ii. ᚬv2
221ᚬ.
Andrew, bishop of Caithness, his account of the seven provinces of
Albania, i. 340; iii. 44.
Angles, the, invade Britain with the Saxons and Jutes, i. 149, ᚬv1
189-192ᚬ; ii. 19;
tribes of, and Frisians from the kingdom of Bernicia, i. 155;
language of, 193;
who they were and whence they came, 227;
Osuiu obtains dominion over the Britons, Scots, and Picts, 256
_seq_.;
effect of the defeat and death of Ecgfrid, 267;
position afterwards of the Picts, 268, Scots and Britons, ᚬv1
271ᚬ;
converted to Christianity, ii. 198.
Angus, son of Fergus (Ungus, son of Uirguist), his reign as king of the
Picts, i. 288, 296, ᚬv1 305-6ᚬ.
Angus, son of Somerled, iii. 35, 39, 293, 400.
Angus mor, son of Erc, king of Dalriada, iii. 120.
_See_ Erc.
Angus, Cinel, one of the three tribes of the Dalriadic kingdom,
inhabiting Isla and Jura, i. 229.
Angus, earldom of, iii. 289.
Anlaf (Olaf, Anlaf Cuaran), son of Sitriuc, and son-in-law of
Constantin, king of Alban, routed at Brunanburg, i. ᚬv1 352-7ᚬ;
becomes king of Northumberland, 361;
exercises authority in the Islands, 354; iii. 30;
expelled by Eadmund, i. 361;
died at Hi-Choluimcille, 364.
Anlaf, son of Godfrey, king of the Danes of Dublin, i. 353, ᚬv1
357ᚬ, 361.
_Annales Cambriæ_, the, i. 145, 294.
_Annals of the Four Masters_, i. 24, 25, 172; iii. ᚬv1
108ᚬ, 113, _et passim_.
Antona (the Don?), river, i. 35.
Antoninus Pius, emperor, events in Britain in his reign, i. ᚬv1 76-79ᚬ;
wall of, _see_ Roman walls.
Antoninus Caracalla, emperor, son of Severus, makes peace with the
barbarian British tribes, i. 90, 91.
Anwoth, i. 136.
Aonghus Mor, great-grandson of Somerled, espouses the cause of Baliol,
iii. 401;
descendants, 401.
Aonghus Og (heir of Eoin), killed by his harper, iii. 404.
Apostasy of early churches, ii. 39.
Applecross (Aporcrosan), church of, founded by Maelrubha, ii. 169,
285;
condition of the church of, 411.
Aralt, son of Sitriucc, lord of the Danes of Limerick, i. 376.
Arbroath, monastery of, ii. 393;
chartulary of, 394.
Ardargie, Roman fort at, i. 45, 74.
Ardchinnechun, i. 297.
Ardcorann, battle of, i. 241.
Arddanesbi, naval battle at, between Dalriadic tribes, i. 285.
Ardderyd, battle of, i. 157.
Ardnamurchan, iii. 428.
Ardoch, great Roman camps at, i. 46, 54, 74, 88.
Argathelia. _See_ Arregaithel.
Argyll. _See_ Arregaithel.
Aristotle, the British Isles alluded to by, under the names of Albion
and Ierne, i. 30.
Armagh, Book of, contents of, ii. 423.
Arran, island of, i. 493; iii. 213, 439.
Arregaithel (Argathelia, Airergaidhel, Earrgaoidheal), a district in
the West of Scotland now called Argyll, iii. 48-51;
visited by Agricola, i. 47, 48;
traditionary accounts of the Scoti from Ireland effecting a
settlement in Kintyre, ᚬv1 139-142ᚬ (_see_ Dalriada);
becomes one of the seven provinces of the kingdom of Alban, or
Scotia, 341; iii. 45;
its name, and extent at different times, 46, 48-9, 343;
partition of the province, 78;
divided into sheriffdoms, 88;
formation of the diocese of Argyll or Lismore, ii. 408.
Artgha (Arthgal), king of Strathclyde, slain, i. 325.
Arthur, the, of Nennius, and his battles with the Saxons, i. 152
_seq_.
Arthur’s O’on, i. 217.
Asbiorn, Jarl, i. 420.
Asclepiodotus, defeats Allectus, a usurper in Britain, i. 93.
Athelstaneford, i. 298.
Atholl, the name, i. 186, 220, 281;
kings of, 281, 341;
a Pictish and Albanic province, iii. 43, 46;
earldom of, 270, 272;
sketch of, 288.
Attacotti, the, their territory, i. 101, 129;
with Picts, Scots, and Saxons, invade the Roman provinces, 99;
iii. 97;
formed by Theodosius into Roman cohorts, and stationed in Gaul, i.
101, 106;
called Honoriani, 105;
Attacots in Spain, 111.
Augustine, St., bishop of Hippo, ii. 6.
Augustine (Austin), his mission to the Angles (A.D. 596), i. 192.
Aulus Didius, a Roman commander in Britain, i. 37.
Avendale (in Clydesdale), i. 295.
Avienus Festus Rufus, the British Isles mentioned in his _Description
of the World_, i. 30.
Avon, river. _See_ Antona.
Avon (Hæfe), river, western boundary of the district of Lothian, i. ᚬv1
240ᚬ, 241, 270, 291, 424.
Ay, clan, iii. 483.
Badenoch, the Wolf of, iii. 308-310.
Badon Mount, the (Linlithgowshire), i. 145, 149;
battle at, 153.
Baedan, great-grandson of Loarn, i. 264.
_See_ Kinelvadon.
Baliol and Bruce, as claimants for the Crown, iii. 72-74.
Ballimote, Book of, i. 172;
poems from, quoted, iii. 92, 99;
cited, 338, 466 _seq_.
Balthere, St. (Baldred), church of, at Tyningham, destroyed by Anlaf,
son of Godfrey, i. 361; ii. 223.
Balthere the anchorite, his monastery at Tyninghame, ii. 223.
Bamborough (Bebbanburch, Dinguardi, the Dun Guare), fort erected by Ida
in, i. 155;
the capital of Bernicia, 237, 332;
attacked by Penda, 253;
lords of, ᚬv1 373-4ᚬ.
Banatia, town of the Vacomagi, i. 75.
Banchory-Ternan, ii. 29.
Banff, origin of the name, i. 220.
Bangor, monastery of, founded by Comgall (A.D. 558), ii. 55.
Barbarians, Britons who were hostile to the Romans so called, i. ᚬv1
34ᚬ, 36.
Bardi the White, i. 377.
Barid, son of Ottir, the jarl, i. 347.
Barra, isle of, iii. 387, 430.
Barrichbyan, Campbells of, iii. 320.
Bartha-firdi (Firth of Tay?) i. 310.
Basque or Iberian race, a, preceded the Celts in Britain and Ireland,
i. 164 _seq_.
Bassas (Bonny?), river, i. 153.
Battledykes, a great camp near Forfar, i. 86, 87.
Beadulf, last Anglic bishop in Galloway, i. 311; ii. 225.
Bean, St. (Beanus), ii. 326.
Beath, the name, iii. 63 _n_.
Becc, grandson of Dunchada, i. 273.
Bede, the Venerable, i. 13; iii. 91;
his account of the Picts, i. 123, 130, 133.
Belerium, Belerion (Land’s End), promontory of, i. 31, 33.
Belhelvie, thanage of, iii. 252.
Bellachoir (Bellathor), near Scone, i. 320, 322.
Benbecula, isle of, iii. 387.
Benefices, hereditary succession in, ii. 338.
Berchan, St., _Prophecy_ of, i. 142, 143, 325, 327,
330, ᚬv1 338-9ᚬ, 403.
Berct, a general of Ecgfrid’s, sent to ravage Ireland, i. ᚬv1 264-5ᚬ.
Berctfrid, prefect of the Northumbrians, defeats the Picts of Manann,
i. 270.
Beregonium, a misprint of Boece for Rerigonium, i. 72; iii. 129.
Bernaeth (Bernith), leader in the Pictish revolt against the Angles of
Northumbria (A.D. 672), i. 260, 261, 270.
Bernicia, Anglic kingdom of, i. 155, 156;
its extension to the Firth of Forth, ᚬv1 236-37ᚬ; iii. 19;
united with Deira, i. 252, 331, 372;
attacked by the Northmen, ᚬv1 322-23ᚬ, 332;
governed by lords of Bamborough, 373;
Malcolm II. defeated in Northumbria, 385;
cession of Lothian to the Scots, 393.
_See_ Osuald, Osuiu.
Beruvik (now Portyerrock), i. 390.
Bethog, daughter of Somerled, iii. 400.
Biceot, son of Moneit, slain, i. 288.
Bile (Beli), son of Neithon, and father of Oan and Brude, i. 250,
263.
Bile, son of Alpin, king of Alclyde, i. 271, 285.
Birrenswark hill, Roman remains on, i. 72.
Birse, thanage of, iii. 256, 357.
Bishops and Presbyters, relative position of, under the monastic rule,
ii. 42.
Black mail, i. 417.
Blackwater, river (Raasay), i. 183, 319.
Blair, hill and muir of, i. 53;
battle of, iii. 405.
Blairnroar, i. 328.
Blathmac, son of Flann, martyrdom of, in Iona, i. 305; ii. ᚬv2
300ᚬ, 305.
Boadicea, or Bondiuca, queen of the Iceni, i. 38.
Bochastle, Roman camp at, i. 45.
Boderia of Ptolemy, and Bodotria of Tacitus = Firth of Forth, i. ᚬv1
64ᚬ, 216.
Bodleian MSS. cited, iii. 475-6.
Boece, Hector, i. 11, 12, 27 _seq_.; ii. 314; iii.
364.
Boete (Bode), son of Kenneth, slain by Malcolm II., i. 399, ᚬv1
406ᚬ.
Boethius (Buitte), St., among the Picts, i. 135.
Bolgyne, lands of, i. 406.
Bonifacius, St. (Kiritinus), legend of, i. 277; ii. 229.
Bonnach (Bonnage), a service exacted from tenants, iii. 256.
Boroughbridge, i. ᚬv1 358-9ᚬ.
Bovates (oxgangs) defined, iii. 224.
Bower, cited, iii. 308 _seq_., _et al_.
Bowness, i. 61.
Boyd, isle of, iii. 430.
Boyne, thanage of, iii. 86, 250.
Bran, son of Angus, slain, i. 307.
Brathwell (Braal) Castle, iii. 453.
Breasal, first sole abbot of Iona after the schism (A.D. 772-801), ii.
ᚬv2 288-90ᚬ.
Brechin, dedication of, by Kenneth, son of Malcolm, i. 369;
bishopric of, ii. ᚬv2 395-398ᚬ.
Brechtraig, son of Bernith, slain, i. 270.
Bredei, son of Wid. _See_ Garnaid.
Breg (Bregia), plain of, devastated in A.D. 684 by Ecgfrid, i. ᚬv1
265ᚬ;
in A.D. 839, by the Galls, 307.
Brehon Laws, excerpts from, iii. 145.
Brekauche (Brecacha) Castle, Coll, description of, iii. 436.
Bremenium, town of the Otadeni (High Rochester, in Ryddisdale), i. ᚬv1
71ᚬ.
Brendan, St., of Clonfert, ii. 76.
Brian Boroimhe, leads the native tribes of Ireland against the Danes,
i. 386;
becomes king of all Ireland, 387;
falls in the final conflict at Cluantarbh, when the Danes and their
auxiliaries were defeated, 388.
Bridei (Bred, Bredei, Brude, Bruidhe). _See_ Brude.
Bridget, St., i. 135;
_Lives of_, ii. 443.
Brigantes, tribes of the, and their territory, i. 35, 71;
their internal dissensions and subjugation by the Romans, ᚬv1 36-39ᚬ;
overrun one of the provincial tribes, and are subdued by Lollius
Urbicus, 76.
Britain: Roman province in, _see_ Romans in Britain;
obscurity of history after the departure of the Romans, i. 114;
settlement of barbaric tribes in, 114, 115;
ignorance of, by writers of sixth century, 115, 116;
its position at the time as viewed from Rome, ᚬv1 117-9ᚬ;
struggle for the dominion among the four races, 119 _seq_.;
Professor Huxley on the ethnology of, ᚬv1 164-5ᚬ;
Roman troops withdrawn from, ii. 4.
Britannia, Prima and Secunda, two of the four Roman provinces of
Britain, i. 96, 97, 103.
British Isles, early notices of, i. 29 _seq_.
Britons, provincial, influence of the Roman dominion on, i. 120;
description of the two great classes into which they may be divided,
and the territory occupied by them respectively, 121, ᚬv1
123ᚬ;
language of, 193;
kingdom of the Britons of Alclyde, ᚬv1 235-6ᚬ;
fall under the sway of the Angles, ᚬv1 256-7ᚬ;
after thirty years they recover their liberty, 267;
Strathclyde Britons conform to Rome, ii. 219.
Broom, Loch, i. 183, 320, 376.
Bruce, Collingwood, his work on the Roman Wall, i. 61, 91,
112.
Bruce, Robert. _See_ Baliol.
Brude (Bridei), son of Mailcu, a Pictish king (A.D. 556-83) baptized by
St. Columba, i. 136, 137, 142;
defeats the Scots of Dalriada, ii. 78.
Brude (Bredei), son of Bile, king of the Picts (A.D. 672-693), his
father, and mother, and grandfather;
elected king in place of Drost, i. ᚬv1 262-3ᚬ;
called king of Fortrenn, 264, 268;
his death, ᚬv1 268-9ᚬ;
legend regarding his body, 269.
Brude (Bridei), son of Derile, king of Picts (_ob_. 706), i. 270,
295; ii. 258.
Brude, son of Angus (A.D. 731-3), i. ᚬv1 289-90ᚬ.
Brude, son of Fergus, king of the Picts (A.D. 761-63), i. 299.
Brude (Bred), son of Ferat, king of the Picts (_ob_. 844), i. 309.
Brude, son of Fotel, king of the Picts, i. 310.
Brunanburg (Ætbrunnanmere, Brunnanbyrig, Duinbrunde, Vinheidi,
Wendune), battle of (A.D. 937), i. ᚬv1 353-6ᚬ; iii. 30;
site of, i. ᚬv1 357-9ᚬ.
Brusi, son of Sigurd the Stout, i. 388, 401.
_Brut of Tywysogion_, a Welsh Chronicle, i. 197, 294.
Brutus (Brittus), the _eponymus_ of the Britons, iii. 94.
Brychans, the two, and their families, ii. 36.
Buchan, district of, i. 344;
fleet of the Sumarlidi cut off there, ᚬv1 365-6ᚬ;
Mormaers of, iii. 55;
Toisechs of, 56;
earldom of, 287.
_See_ Mar.
Buchanan, George, i. 12.
Buchanan, Maurice (Book of Pluscarden), iii. 311 _seq_.
Buchanan (W.), on the Highland Clans, iii. 349.
Buchanty, Roman station at, i. 75.
Burdens on land, iii. 228-36.
Burghead, promontory of, i. 74, 75, 336.
Burton, John Hill, referred to, i. 11, 22, 27, 52,
140;
his _History of Scotland_, 20, 21, 75, 196, ᚬv1
248ᚬ, 495;
his opinion of the Ogham character, ii. ᚬv2 449-50ᚬ.
Bute, inhabitants of, called Brandanes, from St. Brandan, ii. 77;
island of, iii. 89.
Buzzard Dykes, the encampment of Galgacus’ forces at the battle of Mons
Granpius, i. 53.
Cadroë, St., legend from the Life of, i. 319;
notice of, 325.
Caech, loch da (Waterford), the Danes in, i. 347.
Caedwalla (Catguollaun), king of the Britons, i. 243, 244.
Cære, river. _See_ Carron.
Caeredin (Carriden), a British town on the Forth, i. 238.
Caerini, a northern tribe, i. 76.
Caerleon (Isca Silurum), i. 81, 107.
Caernech, St., legend of, ii. 46.
Cailin, clan. _See_ Campbells.
Cain and Conveth, dues from Crown lands, iii. 227-32, 262.
Cairbre, surnamed Righfhada or Rioda, i. 140.
Cairpentaloch, i. 153.
Caislen Credi. _See_ Scone.
Caithness (Cathanesia, Cathannia), in the Pictish legend the territory
of Cait, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, i. 186;
one of the seven provinces of the Pictish kingdom, 280; iii. ᚬv2
44ᚬ;
original extent of the district, i. 232;
attacked by Thorstein the Red, 326;
invaded by Sigurd, earl of Orkney, 336,
and brought under Norwegian rule, 342, 345, 374;
iii. 44, 45;
Thorfinn, Sigurd’s son, and grandson of Malcolm II., is made earl of
Caithness and Sutherland, i. 389, 401;
bishopric of, ii. 382;
earldom of, iii. 8, 71;
historical account of the earldom and earls of, 448-53.
Calathros (Calatrii, Catraeth), battles in, i. 247, 291;
district of, 247, 256, 424.
Caledones, or Caledonii, a section of the Picts, i. 94, 99,
100, 127, 130;
account of, by Tacitus, ᚬv1 58-60ᚬ;
their territory, as given by Ptolemy, 75, 76;
join with the Mæatæ in hostilities against the Roman province, ᚬv1
80ᚬ;
campaign of Severus, ᚬv1 82-89ᚬ;
characteristics of these ancient tribes, 83.
Caledonia, the term by which that portion of Scotland north of the
Forth and Clyde was known to the Romans, i. 1, 40, ᚬv1
41ᚬ.
Caledonian Forest, the (Sylvia Caledonia), i. 40, 48.
Callender (Kalentyr), on the Carron, thanage of, iii. 277-8.
Calps paid by native-men, iii. 318;
abolition of, 368.
Calphurnius Agricola, sent to Britain, i. 79.
Cambuskenneth, chartulary of, i. 424.
Cameron clan and its septs, iii. 313, 315, 331, 350, 479.
Camlann, battle of, i. 154.
Campbells, the first on record (Gillespic), iii. 79;
the clan, 330, 350, 458;
the Clann Mhic Cailin, 121, 339.
Canaul (Conall), son of Tarla (Taidg), king of the Picts, i. 302.
Candida Casa, church at, built by St. Ninian, i. 130, 188;
ii. 3, ᚬv2 46-49ᚬ, 222, 225.
_See_ Whithern.
Canna, isle of, iii. 434.
Canons-regular (the black canons) of St. Augustine, introduced, ii. ᚬv2
374ᚬ;
secular canons instituted, 241.
Canteæ or Decantæ, a northern tribe, i. 76.
Cantium (Kent), promontory of, i. 31.
Caractacus, a British chief, i. 37.
Caradoc of Llancarvan, i. 405.
Carausius, reign of, in Britain, i. ᚬv1 91-93ᚬ, 95, 129.
Carbantorigum (in Kirkcudbright), a town of the Selgovæ, i. 72,
217.
Carham, battle of (A.D. 1018), i. 393.
Carlisle (Caer Luel), i. 236, 271; iii. 81.
Carlowrie, i. 325.
Carmichael, Alex., on the townships in the Outer Hebrides, iii. 378-93.
Carnones, a tribe of N. Britain, i. 76.
Carriber (Cnuicc Coirpri), battle at, i. 291.
Carrick, the name, iii. 102;
earldom of, 70.
Carron (Cære), river, i. ᚬv1 249-50ᚬ, 270, 290, 424.
Carstairs, Roman remains at, i. 73.
Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, i. 37.
Carucates (ploughgates), defined, iii. 224, 225.
Cassiterides (Tin Islands), name by which the British Islands were
known to Herodotus, i. 29;
inhabitants of, 165 _seq_., 226.
Cat Bregion (Edinburgh), i. 153.
Catgabail (Catgublaun, Catguollaun), king of Guenedotia, i. 246.
Cathbad, three daughters of, iii. 128.
Cathbath, Cinel, a subdivision of the tribe of Loarn, i. 230.
Cathbuaidh, the crozier of St. Columba, used as a standard in battle,
i. 339, 348.
Cathmail, the name, i. ᚬv1 291-2ᚬ.
Catlon, king of the Britons, slain, i. 245.
Catraeth. _See_ Calathros.
Catrail, rampart of the, i. 235.
Catscaul (Cad-ys-gual), battle of, near Hexham (A.D. 634) between
Osuald and the king of the Britons [Catlon?], i. ᚬv1 245-6ᚬ.
Cawdor, thanage of, iii. 248.
_Ceile De_. _See_ Anchorites.
Ceile or tenants, iii. 144 _seq_.
Celidon (Coit), the Caledonian wood, i. 153.
Cellach, son of Aillel, abbot of Kildare and Iona (A.D. 865), ii. ᚬv2
291ᚬ, 308, 433.
Cellach, first bishop of St. Andrews (_c_. A.D. 906) holds with
Constantin, son of Aedh, a solemn assembly on the Mote Hill of
Scone: its bearing on the rights and liberties of the Church, i. ᚬv1
340ᚬ; ii. ᚬv2 323-4ᚬ.
Celnius, river (Devern), i. 67;
(Cullen), 216.
Celtic church. _See_ Church, Scottish.
Celtic earldoms, break-up of the:
Moray, iii. 287;
Buchan, 287;
Athole, 288;
Angus, 289;
Menteath and Stratherne, 290;
Mar, 291;
Ross, 291;
Lennox, 300.
_See_ Earldoms, Provinces.
Celtic language, the two branches of the British and Gadhelic, i. ᚬv1
193ᚬ, 194, 226;
comparison of its different dialects, 204 _seq_.; ii. ᚬv2
448-60ᚬ.
_See_ Languages, Topography.
Celtic population, early traditionary origins of, as given in the
ethnic legends, iii. 91-96;
linguistic, 96;
historical, 97;
Cymric, 100;
Pictish, 107.
_See_ Highlands.
Cendaeladh, a Pictish king, i. 137.
Cennanus. _See_ Kells.
Ceolfrid, abbot of Jarrow, his correspondence with Nectan, king of the
Picts, as to the time of celebrating Easter, i. ᚬv1 278-9ᚬ; ii. ᚬv2
172ᚬ.
Ceoluulf, king of Northumbria, i. 275, 291.
Challow (Coll), Laird of, iii. 434, 436.
Chalmers, George, remarks on his _Caledonia_, i. 19, 48, ᚬv1
73ᚬ, 77, 87, 140, 196;
error as to the colonisation of Galloway by the Irish Cruithne, ᚬv1
132ᚬ;
also as to Girig, son of Dungaile, 330;
his objections to the genuineness of certain letters-patent said to
be granted to the earl of Mar (A.D. 1171), iii. 442.
Chariots used in war by the Caledonians, i. 55, 83.
Chattan clan and its septs, sketch of, iii. 313, 315, 330, 478.
Chester, i. 81, 107, 382.
Cheviot hills, i. 7, 9; iii. 135.
Chorischia, a part of Scotland overrun by the Chorischii, i. 182,
183.
Christianity: introduced into Scotland through two different
channels—Roman and Columban, the Southern Picts and the Strathclyde
Britons (through St. Ninian and St. Kentigern) adhering to the
first, and the Northern Picts (through Columba) to the second, i.
130, 132, 142; ii. 26 _seq_. (_see also_
Whithorn, Columba, Picts);
the churches derived from each different in character and in spirit,
i. 258 _seq_., 275; ii. 8, 150 _seq_., ᚬv2
207-225ᚬ, ᚬv2 344-50ᚬ.
Church, the, in Britain, during the Roman occupation, ii. 1, ᚬv2
2ᚬ;
St. Ninian and his church of Candida Casa, 2, 3 (_see_
Whithorn);
the Pelagian heresy, 4;
mission of Palladius to Ireland, 5;
mission of Columbanus to Gaul, ᚬv2 6-12ᚬ;
controversy as to Easter, 7;
in the sixth century no question of ecclesiastical supremacy had
arisen, 6;
three orders of Saints in early Irish Church, ᚬv2 12-14ᚬ:
church of St. Patrick, ᚬv2 14-24ᚬ;
collegiate churches of Seven Bishops, ᚬv2 24-26ᚬ;
life and labours of St. Palladius, 26 _seq_.;
confusion of Fordun’s statements regarding him, _ib_.;
St. Ternan, ᚬv2 30-32ᚬ;
church of the Southern Picts, ᚬv2 26-33ᚬ;
early Dalriadic church, ᚬv2 33-35ᚬ;
church south of the Forth and Clyde, 35, 36;
legend of St. Monenna, 37;
relapse into paganism of the churches of Ninian and Patrick, 39,
40.
Church, monastic, in Ireland, its constitution, ii. 41;
whence was it derived?, ᚬv2 45-50ᚬ;
the school of Clonard, 50;
St. Patrick and the twelve Apostles of Ireland, 51;
Columba one of the twelve (_see_ Columba);
influence of the church, 73;
learning of the, 419;
hagiology, 425;
the right of the church from the tribe, and of the tribe from the
church, 71, 72.
Church, monastic, in Iona,—monastery founded by Columba (A.D. 563), ii.
88;
its constitution, 101;
affected in opposite ways by the secular clergy and the Culdees, ᚬv2
227ᚬ, 233 _seq_.;
its influence as a school of learning, 421;
schism in, after Adamnan’s death, 175, ᚬv2 278-288ᚬ;
table of rival abbots, 288.
_See_ Columba, Coärbs.
Church of Cumbria and Lothian, ii. 35, 36, ᚬv2 179-224ᚬ
(_see_ Kentigern, Cuthbert);
conversion of the Angles, 198;
Strathclyde Britons conform to Rome, 219;
chapels founded at Hexham, 220;
bishopric of Whithern, 224.
Church of Northumbria, an offshoot of the Columban Church, i. 258;
ii. ᚬv2 154-9ᚬ;
points of dispute with the Southern Anglic Church submitted to a
council in Whitby, i. ᚬv1 258-9ᚬ; ii. 165;
termination of, ᚬv2 164-6ᚬ.
Church, the Scottish:—first appearance of this name (A.D. 878), i. ᚬv1
333ᚬ; ii. 320;
coincident with the change from ‘kingdom of the Picts’ to ‘kingdom of
Alban,’ i. ᚬv1 333-35ᚬ, 384; ii. 323;
primacy transferred to St. Andrews, 323;
canonical rule of the Culdees introduced, 324;
lay abbots of Dunkeld, 337;
hereditary succession in benefices, 338;
laymen and their heirs hold church offices, 338;
Queen Margaret’s reforms in the church, 344;
she rebuilds the monastery of Iona, 352;
Anchorites at this time, 351;
bishops of Alban, ᚬv2 323-44ᚬ;
decadence and ultimate extinction of this old Celtic church, ᚬv2
354-65ᚬ;
its failure in diocese of Brechin, 400;
of Dunblane, 402;
of Dunkeld, 405;
disappearance of the Celtic community of Iona, 412,
and a Benedictine abbey and nunnery founded (A.D. 1203), 415;
remains of old Celtic church, 417;
its hagiology, 444 _seq_.
Cillemuine (St. Davids), i. 388.
Cinaeth, king of the Picts, i. 242.
Ciniod, son of Wredech, king of the Picts, i. ᚬv1 300-1ᚬ.
Circinn (Maghcircin, Magh Gherginn = Mearns), i. 185, 186,
365;
battle at, between the Picts themselves, 295; iii. 123.
_See_ Moerne.
Ciricus, St., day of, i. 330.
Clach na Breatan = stone of the Britons, in Glenfalloch, probably the
scene of the conflict between the Dalriads and Britons (A.D. 717),
i. ᚬv1 273-4ᚬ.
Clan, signification of the word, iii. 331;
patronymics, personal names, and surnames, 331-4;
original importance and position of Clan pedigrees, 334;
changes produced by legendary history, 336,
and by Irish sennachies, 337;
also by Act of 1597, 346-9;
modern position of a Clan, as defined in the Supreme Court, 366-67.
Clans: localities, possessions, and legendary descent [all in vol.
iii.]:
Alaster (MacAlasters), 330, 410, 468.
Andres (Rosses), 330, 365, 484.
Cameron, 331, 350, 479.
Chattan, 330, 478.
Clanranald (Macdonalds of Kippoch), 330, 430 _seq_., 469.
Donnachie (Robertsons), 330, 365, 401.
Donald, 330, 430 _seq_., 466.
Dubhgal (Macdougalls), 330, 470.
Dubhsithe (Macduffie), 331, 363, 486.
Eoin Mor (MacConnells), 330, 401, 432, 469.
Eoin of Ardnamurchan, 401, 469.
Eoin of Glencomhan (Glencoe), 401, 430.
Fingaine (MacKinnons), 331, 363, 365, 488.
Gillechallam of Raarsa, 433.
Gilleoin (Macleans), 331, 480.
Gregor (MacGregor), 329, 331, 365. 487.
Guaire (Macquarries), 331, 436, 488.
Gunn, 330.
Hustain (MacDonalds of Slate), 330.
Ian (MacIans), 330.
Kenneth (Mackenzies), 330, 365, 485.
Labhran (Lawren), 329, 363, 365, 483.
Lachlan, 331, 473.
Ladmann (Lamont), 331, 472.
Leod (Macleods), 331, 429, 460.
Macduff, 303.
Mackinnons, 363, 488.
MacNab, 362-3, 365, 486.
M‘Thomas, 330.
Mathesons, 365, 485.
Morgan (Mackays), 330.
Neachtan (MacNaughton), 331, 477.
Neill (MacNeill), 331, 430.
O’Duibhn (Campbells), 330, 458.
Pharlane, 329, 365.
Vuirich, 364.
Clanranald, Book of, quoted, iii. 49, 338;
portion of, translated, 397.
Clanranald, clan (Macdonalds of Kippoch), iii. 119, 330, 430 _seq_.,
469.
Claudian, Roman poet, his allusions to events in Britain, i. 100,
105, 106, 139.
Claudius, the Emperor, formation of a Roman province in Britain in his
reign, i. 33, 34.
Cleaven Dyke, Roman vallum in Perthshire so called, i. ᚬv1 52-54ᚬ.
Cleveland, i. 369, 421.
Clonard, monastic school of, ii. 50.
Clonmacnoise, _Annals of_, i. 356, 359.
Cloveth (Clova), thanage of, iii. 263.
Cluantarbh, battle at (_see_ Brian Boroimhe);
auxiliary Galls at, i. ᚬv1 387-8ᚬ.
Cluny (Cluanan), Danes advance to, i. 311.
Clyde (Clota), estuary of Clyde, i. 66, 216, _et al_.
Cnuicc Cairpri. _See_ Carriber.
Cnut, king of England, i. 392, 395.
Coamatra, isle of, iii. 436.
Coärb (Comharba), the term defined, ii. 286;
applied to abbots of Columban monasteries, 285, 413;
the successors of Columba so termed after the schism in Iona ceased,
Breasal being the first Coärb (A.D. 772-801), 288;
his successors till St. Columba’s shrine and relics were removed to
Ireland, and the primacy transferred to Abernethy, ᚬv2 290-319ᚬ.
Cocboy (called by Bede Maserfelth), battle of (A.D. 642), i. 252.
Cockburnspath (Colbrandspath), i. 241.
Coede, bishop of Iona, ii. 175.
Colania, a town of the Damnonii, i. 73.
Coldingham, monastery of, founded (A.D. 627), ii. 200;
refounded (A.D. 1093), i. 444; ii. 367.
Coll (Collow), island of, iii. 30, 36, 436.
Colla, race of, iii. 113.
Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh Duibhlen, king of Ireland, iii. 340, 397;
his descendants, 398.
Colla-dha-Chrioch, son of Eochaidh Duibhlen, iii. 397, 398.
Colla Meann, son of Eochaidh Duibhlen, iii. 397, 398.
Collas, legend of the three, iii. 462.
Colly (Cowie), thanage of, iii. 257.
Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne, i. ᚬv1 258-9ᚬ; ii. ᚬv2 165-168ᚬ.
Colman (Mocholmoc) of Dromore, ii. 32.
Colonsay (Collonsa, Koln), island of, i. 379; iii. 438;
laird of, 438.
Colsmon, isle of, iii. 431.
Columba, St., labours (A.D. 565) among the Northern Picts, i. ᚬv1
130-7ᚬ, ᚬv1 142-3ᚬ, 198, 200, 276;
his crozier used as a standard in battle, 339, 348;
one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, ii. 52;
descent and early life, 52;
founds the monastery of Derry, 53,
and many other foundations, ᚬv2 54-55ᚬ;
connection of his mission to Britain with the battle of Culdremhne,
ᚬv2 78-84ᚬ;
crosses from Ireland to Britain with twelve followers, 85;
resides with Conall, king of Dalriada, 85,
who gives him the island of Iona, 87;
on which he founds a monastery, 88;
establishes his church there, 93;
its characteristics, ᚬv2 93-95ᚬ,
and constitution, ᚬv2 101-104ᚬ;
site of the original wooden monastery and its surroundings, ᚬv2
95-101ᚬ;
influence of Columba on the adjacent districts, 104;
conversion of King Brude, ᚬv2 105-107ᚬ;
his labours among the Northern Picts, ᚬv2 119-121ᚬ;
ordains Aidan king of the Dalriadic territories, 122;
attends the Assembly of Drumceatt, near Derry, 123;
his purposes thereat, 124;
twelve years’ work summed up, 127;
monasteries founded by himself and others in the Western Isles, ᚬv2
128-134ᚬ;
among the Northern and Southern Picts, ᚬv2 134-138ᚬ;
his visit to Ireland, 138;
last days of his life, ᚬv2 138-143ᚬ;
his character, ᚬv2 143-147ᚬ;
his successors in the primacy of Iona, ᚬv2 148-177ᚬ;
expulsion of the Columban monks from the kingdom of the Picts (A.D.
717),
and close of the influence of the ‘Family of Iona,’ i. ᚬv1 283-4ᚬ,
ᚬv1 315-6ᚬ; ii. ᚬv2 177-178ᚬ;
legends which seem to be connected with their return, i. ᚬv1 319-20ᚬ;
his remains enshrined, ii. 291;
a cell or oratory built for their reception, 303;
his relics, or part thereof, removed to Dunkeld, 307;
shrine and relics removed to Ireland, 317;
restored to Iona, 318;
transferred to Down, 332;
a discourse on his life and character, 467;
rule of, 508.
_See_ Iona, Coärbs.
Columbanus, St., his mission to Gaul (A.D. 590), ii. ᚬv2 6-11ᚬ, ᚬv2
41ᚬ.
Comet of the year 1018, i. 393.
Comgall, son of Domangart, king of Dalriada, i. 141, 142, ᚬv1
229ᚬ;
tribe of, incorporated with the Cinel Gabhran, 230.
Comines, Earl Robert de, i. 419, 425.
Commodus, Emperor, i. 79.
Comrie, Roman camp at Dealgan Ross, i. 45, 50.
Comyn (Cumyn), John, of Badenoch, iii. 81, 82.
Comyn, Walter, Earl of Menteath, iii. 77, 80.
Comyns, Earls of Buchan, iii. 71, 72, 242.
Conadh Cerr, king of Dalriada, i. 241.
Conaing, son of Aidan, i. 273, 285.
Conall, son of Comgall, king of Dalriada, i. 142, 321; ii.
85; iii. 211.
Conall, son of Taidg. _See_ Canaul.
Conall Crandamna, brother of Domnall Breac, king of Dalriada, i. ᚬv1
272ᚬ.
Conall, son of Aedain, slays Conall, son of Taidg, i. 302, ᚬv1
374ᚬ.
Conan, river, i. 320.
Congal Claen. _See_ Magh Rath.
Conmael, abbot of Iona, ii. 175.
Conn of the hundred battles, iii. 110.
Constantin (789-820), son of Fergus, king of the Picts, i. 302,
ᚬv1 307-8ᚬ.
Constantin (863-76), son of Kenneth mac Alpin, king of the Picts, i.
ᚬv1 323-28ᚬ; ii. ᚬv2 310-13ᚬ.
Constantin (900-942), son of Aedh, king of Alban, i. 339 _seq_.;
invasion of Northmen, 339;
holds, with Cellach bishop of Kilrymont, a solemn assembly on the
Mote Hill of Scone, 340;
division of Alban at this time into seven provinces, 340 _seq_.
(_see_ Provinces);
invasion of Aethelstan, 352;
takes part in the battle of Brunanburg, 353;
resigns the throne, and retires to the monastery of St. Andrews, ᚬv1
360ᚬ;
his death, 360.
Constantin (995-97), son of Cuilean, king of Alban, slain by Kenneth,
son of Malcolm, i. ᚬv1 381-2ᚬ.
Constantine, son of Constantius Chlorus, becomes Emperor, i. 95.
Constantine, Emperor, account of his usurpation, i. ᚬv1 108-112ᚬ;
his son Constans, 110.
Constantius Chlorus, Emperor, recovers Britain from the usurpation of
Carausius, i. 93;
his war against the Caledonians and other Picts, 94;
his death at York, 95.
Conveth. _See_ Cain.
Conveth (Conuath), thanage of, in Banffshire, iii. 252.
Coolin hills, iii. 128.
Corda, a town of the Selgovæ, i. 72.
Coria (Carstairs), a town of the Damnonii, i. 73.
_Cormac’s Glossary_, iii. 131
Cornac (Cornar, Curnig), river, i. 368.
Cornwall, the tin-workers of, representatives of the Iberians who
preceded the Celts in Britain, i. ᚬv1 165-170ᚬ, 226.
Corca Laidhe, genealogy of, iii. 211.
Coronation stone of Scone, i. ᚬv1 281-3ᚬ.
Cowall, district of, visited by Agricola, i. 47, 48;
the name derived from Comgall, 229, 230, 321.
Cranach, thanage of, iii. 86, 272.
Craniology, ethnological evidence furnished by, i. ᚬv1 169-70ᚬ, ᚬv1
226ᚬ.
Creic, in Dalriada, burnt by Angus, i. 290.
Creones, Croenes, a tribe of North Britain, i. 76.
Crimthan Mor mac Fidhaig, iii. 114, 124
Crinan (Cronan), lay abbot of Dunkeld, i. ᚬv1 390-2ᚬ;
called Crinan Tein, or the thane, 394;
also the Hound Earl, 401;
his sons Duncan and Maldred, 392, 394, 408, 419;
slain, 407.
Crinan, bay of, i. 229.
Crofters and cottars, iii. 375 _seq_.
_Cromartie, Earls of_, Sir W. Fraser’s, iii. 351 _seq_.
Cromdale, thanage of, iii. 249.
Crown demesne, species of tenure, iii. 84-88;
Crown lands, ranks of society on, 238-44.
Cruithintuath, the Irish equivalent of Pictavia, i. 315, 324,
384.
Cruithne and his seven sons, i. 185, 186, 231, 295;
iii. 97, 107.
Cruithnigh, the, a Pictish people in the north of Ireland, i. 131,
ᚬv1 142-3ᚬ, 226;
Irish traditions regarding, 175; iii. 96.;
battles with the Dalriads, i. 241;
close connection in the popular tales between them and the Pictish
inhabitants of North Britain, iii. 131.
Cuddiche (a night’s portion), a land-burden, iii. 233.
Cuilean, son of Indulph, king of Alban, defeated at Drumcrub, i. ᚬv1
367ᚬ;
slain in Laodonia (Lothian) by Andarch, ᚬv1 367-8ᚬ.
Culdees, first appearance of the name, in beginning of the eighth
century, ii. 226;
conclusions as to their origin, 277.
_See_ Anchorites.
Culdremhne, battle of, ii. 80.
Culrenrigi, island of, plundered, i. ᚬv1 289-90ᚬ.
Cumbria, evangelised by Kentigern (A.D. 573), (_see_ Kentigern) and his
successors, ii. 179 _seq_., 198;
ceded to the Scots by king Eadmund (A.D. 945), i. 362;
Malcolm (Ceannmor) put in possession of it by Earl Siward, ᚬv1
408-10ᚬ;
name of, restricted, iii. 4.
Cumherbes and Cumlawes, iii. 26;
meaning of, 223.
Cummen the Fair, abbot of Iona, i. 247.
Cumuscach, son of Aengus, slain, i. 246.
Cupar-Angus (Cubert), Roman camp at, i. 49; iii. 133;
thanage of, 133, 275.
Curia, town of (Carby Hill, in Liddesdale), i. 71.
Curnavii, a northern tribe, i. 76.
Cuthbert, St. (Cudberct), Bede’s Life of, ii. 201;
Irish Life of, 203;
in Melrose monastery, 206;
becomes prior there, 208;
goes to Lindisfarne, 209;
withdraws to Farne island, 211;
consecrated bishop of Lindisfarne, 213;
retirement to Farne, 214;
his death, 214;
his relics enshrined, 218.
Cymric legends, iii. 100-104.
Dacia. _See_ Norwegia.
Dalaraidhe (Dalaradia), a district (called also Vladh) in the north of
Ireland, inhabited by a Pictish people, i. 131, 198.
Dalfin, archbishop of Gaul, i. 259.
Dalguise, probably where the battle of Seguise was fought in A.D. 635,
i. 246.
Dali, district of, i. ᚬv1 375-6ᚬ, 390, 412.
_See_ Arregaithel.
Dalmonych (Dalmarnoch), thanage of, iii. 274.
Dalriada, a district in the north-east of Ireland, i. 140 _seq_.;
the name given to the settlement of the Scots in Argyll, 139
_seq_., 248;
Dalriadic ethnologic legend, 183, 184;
Scottish kingdom of, ᚬv1 229-30ᚬ;
battles between the Dalriads and the Cruithnigh, 241, 242;
anarchy in, after Domnall Brec’s death, 250, 251, 272;
Dalriads fall under the dominion of the Angles for thirty years, ᚬv1
256ᚬ _seq_.;
after several unsuccessful attempts to throw off the yoke, 264,
Ecgfrid is defeated and slain at Dunnichen, 265, 267;
contest between the two chief tribes for the throne, ᚬv1 272-3ᚬ, ᚬv1
284-6ᚬ;
conflicts with the Britons, ᚬv1 273-4ᚬ;
revolution, and renewed contest, 286, 289;
the country laid waste by Angus, king of the Picts, 290;
Dalriadic defeat at Carriber, 291;
the Dalriads crushed by Angus (A.D. 741), 292, 315:
lists of kings for the following century not trustworthy, owing to
the perversions of the Chronicles, 292 _seq_.;
notices of the Scots of Dalriada till the time of Kenneth mac Alpin,
316 _seq_.;
attacked by the Danes, 377;
early church of, ii. 33;
tribes of, iii. 212.
_See_ Drumceat, Picts.
Dam Hoctor, settlement of the, in Gwyned, i. 138.
Damnonii, tribes of the (the ‘novæ gentes’), and their territory and
towns, i. 73, 74, 127, 128, 155, 167,
211, 231.
Danes, their first appearance on our coasts, i. 302 _seq_.; ii.
18 (_see_ Galls);
naval attack on Ireland, i. 307;
the men of Fortrenn defeated by the Danes, ᚬv1 307-308ᚬ;
a band under Halfdan lay waste Northumbria, and destroy the Picts of
Galloway and the Britons of Strathclyde, ᚬv1 325-6ᚬ;
conflict with Norwegians, 327:
again attack Northumbria, 332;
plunder Ireland, 338;
invade Alban, ᚬv1 338-9ᚬ, ᚬv1 347-8ᚬ;
final conflict with the native tribes of Ireland, ᚬv1 386-88ᚬ.
Darlugdach, abbess of Kildare, i. 135.
Dasent’s _Burnt Njal_, i. 379, 388.
Dathi, the, iii. 115, 122.
Davach, definition of, iii. 224.
_See_ Land-measures.
Daven, loch, i. 74.
David I., youngest son of Malcolm Ceannmor, marries Matilda, heiress of
Huntingdon, i. 454;
rules the provinces south of the Firths, as Earl, for seventeen years
(A.D. 1107-1124), ᚬv1 454-57ᚬ;
various foundations, grants, and charters by, 455 _seq_.;
reigns over Scotland as first feudal monarch (A.D. 1124-53), ᚬv1
457ᚬ;
defeats an insurrection headed by the Earl of Moray, and Malcolm, a
natural son of Alexander I., 460;
defeats Malcolm mac Eth, ᚬv1 462-464ᚬ;
invades England in support of his niece, Matilda, 465;
heterogeneous composition of his army, 467;
death of his only son, 468;
his own death, 468;
bishoprics and monasteries founded by, ii. 376;
feudalises Celtic earldoms, iii. 63.
Davis, Sir John, letter by, relative to Monaghan and Fermanagh (A.D.
1606), iii. 165, 170, 196.
Dawstone. _See_ Degsastane.
Dawkins, W. Boyd, on the sepulchral remains of Britain, i. ᚬv1 169-70ᚬ.
Deabhra, loch, i. 411.
Debateable lands, their three divisions: (1) from the Tay to the Forth;
(2) between the Forth and the Carron; (3) from the Carron to the
Pentlands and the Esk,—the latter being the main battle-field of
contending races, and eventually included in the kingdom of the
Scots (_see_ Lothian), i. 14, 15, 237.
Deer, Book of, ii. 380;
contents, 458; iii. 55 _seq_., 212.
Deer forests, iii. 371.
Degsastane (Dawstone), battle of, i. 162, 163, 239, ᚬv1
267ᚬ.
_Deicolæ._ _See_ Anchorites, Culdees.
Deira, Anglic kingdom of, i. 156, ᚬv1 236-237ᚬ;
united with Bernicia, 252, 331;
overrun by the Danes, 325, 351;
Sitriuc, its Danish king, meets with Aethelstan, who seizes Deira on
his death, 351.
Delgon, in Kintyre, i. 142.
_Deoraidh De._ _See_ Anchorites.
Dervesin (Dairsie), thanage of, iii. 268.
Derwent, river, i. 271.
_Descent of Men of the North_, quoted from, iii. 102.
Deucaledonian Sea of Ptolemy, i. 70.
Deva (Chester), i. 81.
Deva, river (Dee, Ayrshire), i. 66, 216.
Devana, a town of the Taexali, i. 74.
Devisesburn, i. ᚬv1 244-5ᚬ.
Diarmaid, abbot of Iona (814-31), brings from Ireland the relics of St.
Columba, ii. 297, 303;
returns thither with them, ᚬv2 305-6ᚬ.
Dicalidonæ, a division of the Picts, i. 99, 100, 129.
Dinguardi. _See_ Bamborough.
Dingwall, thanage of, iii. 247.
Diocletian, Emperor, i. ᚬv1 92-94ᚬ.
Diodorus Siculus, i. ᚬv1 31-33ᚬ.
Doldencha, lake (in Braemar), i. 298.
_See_ Kindrochet.
Dollar, conflict between the Danes and Scots at, i. 327.
Domhnall of Ile (Isla), son of Eoin, sketch of his career, iii. 403-4;
death of his son, bishop of Innsigall, 408;
his descendants, 408.
Domhnall Dubh, son of Aonghus Og (heir of Eoin), his tribe almost
exterminated during his minority and imprisonment, iii. 404;
unsuccessful attempt to regain his possessions, 406.
Domitian, the Emperor, i. 57, 58.
Domnall Breac, king of Dalriada, i. 242;
defeated at Calathros, 247,
and at Glenmairison, 249;
slain in Strathcarron, ᚬv1 249-51ᚬ, 271.
Domnall Donn, nephew of Domnall Breac, i. 272.
Domnall mac Avin, king of Alclyde, i. 271.
Don, river. _See_ Antona.
Donald mac Alpin, succeeds his brother Kenneth as king of the Picts, i.
ᚬv1 322-3ᚬ.
Donald, son of Constantin, and grandson of Kenneth mac Alpin, first
king of Alban, i. 335;
slain at Dunnottar, ᚬv1 338-9ᚬ.
Donald, son of Aedh, king of Alban, elected king of the Cumbrian
Britons, i. 346.
Donald, son of Eimin, mormaer of Mar, slain, i. ᚬv1 387-8ᚬ.
Donald (Dunwallaun, Domnall), son of Eugenius, king of the Cumbrians,
i. 362;
death of his son Malcolm, ᚬv1 381-2ᚬ.
Donald Ban, brother of Malcolm Ceannmor, reigns six months (A.D. 1093),
i. 436;
again, with his nephew, three years, 439;
dies at Rescobie, and is buried in Dunfermline, 440.
Donald Ban Mac William. _See_ Mac William.
Donald (Mac Donald), clan, iii. 119, 330, 430 _seq_., 466.
_See_ Hustain.
Donnachie (Robertsons), clan, iii. 330, 361, 365, 401.
Donnan, St., of Egg, i. 345.
Donnchadh, king of Cashel, i. 338.
Dorbeni, abbot of Iona, ii. 175.
Dornoch Firth, i. 337.
Dorsum Britanniæ. _See_ Drumalban.
Douglas (Dubglas) river, Arthur’s battles on the, i. 153.
Doune. _See_ Glendowachy.
Drest, son of Talorgen, king of the Picts, i. 301.
Drest, son of Constantin, joint king of the Picts with Talorgan, son of
Wthoil, i. 306.
Drest, son of Ferat, king of the Picts, i. 309.
Droma, loch, i. 319.
Drost, son of Domnall, king of the Picts, driven from his kingdom, i.
ᚬv1 262-3ᚬ.
Drum, the name of, i. 13.
Drumalban, a mountain chain, from Dumbartonshire to the Ord of
Caithness, i. ᚬv1 10-14ᚬ, 75, 228;
errors regarding, 12.
Drum Cathmail, battle at, between the Picts of Galloway and the Scots
of Dalriada, i. ᚬv1 291-2ᚬ.
Drumceat, Council of, at which the independence of Dalriada was
recognised (A.D. 575), i. 143, 235, 248; iii. 122.
Drumcrub, battle at, i. 367.
Drust (Drest), several Pictish kings so called, i. 134 _seq_.
Drust (Druxst), king of the Picts after Nectan, i. 284;
slain, 289.
Dubglas, river. _See_ Douglas.
Dubh, son of Malcolm, king of Alban, i. ᚬv1 366-67ᚬ.
Dubhgal (Macdougalls), clan, iii. 119, 330, 470.
Dubhgall, son of Somerled, iii. 35, 39, 293, 400.
Dubhgaill. _See_ Galls.
Dubhsithe (Macduffie), clan, iii. 331, 363, 466.
Dublin. _See_ Ireland.
Dufoter de Calateria, i. 424.
Duinbrunde. _See_ Brunanburg.
Dull, monastery of, ii. 175, ᚬv2 206-7ᚬ;
abthanrie and church of, iii. 271.
Dulmonych, thanage of, iii. 274.
Dumbarton (Dumbreatan), capital of the kingdom of the Britons of
Alclyde, i. 236.
Dunadd, a fortified hill in the moss of Crinan, called also Dunmonaidh
(the capital of Dalriada), i. 229, 230;
siege of, 264;
taken possession of by Angus, 290.
Dunaverty (Aberte), siege of, i. 273.
Dunbar, i. 425;
the name, ii. v2;
Castle of, iii. 82.
Dunbeath (Dunbaitte), siege of, i. 263.
Dunblane, burnt by the Britons, i. 310;
ravaged by the Danes, 347;
bishopric of, ii. ᚬv2 395-398ᚬ;
the name, v2
Duncadh, abbot of Iona, ii. 175.
Duncan mac Duine, ancestor of the Campbells, iii. 79.
Duncan, son of Crinan (Cronan), king of Scotia, i. 392, ᚬv1
399-405ᚬ.
_See_ Kali Hundason.
Duncan, son of Malcolm Ceannmor, i. 414, 425;
his reign (A.D. 1093-4), ᚬv1 437-39ᚬ.
Duncan, abbot of Dunkeld, i. 367.
Duncan (Dungadr), jarl of Caithness, i. 374.
Duncath fort, i. 382.
Dunchadh, son of Becc, i. 285.
Dunduirn (Dundurn), a fortification on the Earn, besieged, i. 264;
Grig slain at, 330.
Dunedin. _See_ Edinburgh.
Dunfhirbolg, a native fort in St. Kilda, i. 185.
Dunfres (Dumfries), the town of the Frisians, iii. 25.
Dungal, son of Sealbach, king of Dalriada, i. ᚬv1 284-5ᚬ;
driven from the throne, 286;
is restored, 289;
invades Culrenrigi, incurs the wrath of Angus, and takes refuge in
Ireland, ᚬv1 289-90ᚬ;
is put in chains, 290.
Dungallsbae (Duncansbay), i. 401.
Dungayle, in Galloway, i. 292.
_See_ Drum Cathmail.
Dun Guaire, a name of Bamborough, i. ᚬv1 373-4ᚬ.
Dunine (Dunning), thanage of, iii. 87, 269.
Dunkeld, church of, founded by Constantin, king of the Picts, i. ᚬv1
305ᚬ, 315;
a portion of St. Columba’s relics transferred to, 310, 316;
abbot of (Duncan), 367, 392;
lay abbots of, ii. 337;
bishopric of, 368;
position of, 376.
_See_ Crinan.
Dun Leithfinn, a fort, destroyed by Angus, i. 290.
Dunlocho, battle at, i. 264.
Dunmore hill, i. 75.
Dunolly (Duin Ollaig), stronghold of the Cinel Loarn, burnt by Ecgfrid,
i. 266, 272;
rebuilt by Sealbach, 273.
Dunnagual (Dungaile), son of Teudubr, i. 296, 325.
Dunnichen (Dun Nechtan), its connection with Nectan, a Pictish king, i.
135;
battle of, in which Ecgfrid was slain (A.D. 686), 265, 266;
ii. 213.
Dunnottar (Dunfoither), siege of, i. 263;
again besieged, 269;
Donald, first king of Alban, slain at, ᚬv1 338-9ᚬ;
a stronghold of the men of Moerne, 342;
Aethelstan’s advance to, 352.
Dunsforth, the Devil’s Cross at, i. 359.
Dunsinnan, i. 380.
Duntroon, iii. 129.
Dunwallaun (Domnall), son of Eugenius (Owin, Eaoin), king of the
Cumbrians, i. 362, 370.
Duny (Downie), thanage of, iii. 267.
Durham, besieged by Malcolm II., i. 385.
Durris, thanage of, iii. 257.
Dyce, what is implied in the territorial name, iii. 282.
Dyke and Brodie, thanage of, iii. 248.
Eachach, king of Dalriada, i. 289.
Eachadh (Eochagh, Eoghan), Cinel, one of the three subdivisions of the
tribe of Loarn, i. 230, 264, 289.
Eadberct, king of Northumbria (A.D. 737-58), i. 291;
extends his dominion over Galloway and all Ayrshire, 294 _seq_.,
331;
abdicates, 300.
Eadberct, bishop of Lindisfarne, ii. 220.
Eadfrid, son of Aeduin, i. 243.
Eadgar, son of Eadward Aetheling, i. 414 _seq_.
Eadgar, son of Malcolm Ceannmor, reigns nine years (A.D. 1097-1107), i.
440; iii. 215;
treats with Magnus Barefoot of Norway, i. 442; iii. 9;
re-founds the monastery of Coldingham, i. 444;
dies in Edinburgh, 444;
is buried in Dunfermline, 445.
Eadmund the Etheling (A.D. 940-46) takes part with his brother against
the Danes at Brunanburg, i. 353;
subdues Northumberland, 361;
cedes Cumbria to the Scots, 362;
death of, 363.
Eadmund, son of Malcolm Ceannmor, reigns with his uncle Donald Ban
three years, i. 439.
Eadred Ætheling, i. 363.
Eadulf Cudel, cedes Lothian to the Scots after the battle of Carham, i.
ᚬv1 392-4ᚬ, 399, 400.
Eadulf (Yvelchild), earl of Northumbria, i. 369 _seq_.
Eadward Aetheling, son of king Eadmund, i. 415.
Eadward, son of Aelfred the Great, discussion as to whether he advanced
beyond the Humber—doubtful statements of the Saxon Chronicle, i. ᚬv1
349ᚬ, 350.
Eadward the Confessor, i. 415.
Ealdburg. _See_ Aldborough.
Ealdhun (Aldun), bishop of Durham, i. 385.
Ealdred, son of Ealdulf, lord of Bamborough, makes peace with
Aethelstan, i. 351.
Ealdred, son of Uchtred. _See_ Aldred.
Eanfrid, son of Aedilfrid, i. 240, 244; ii. 153.
Earldoms, the old Celtic (_see_ Celtic earldoms);
additional earldoms created, iii. 66;
policy of feudalising earldoms, inaugurated by David I., carried out
by his successor, 67 _seq_.;
their character and relation to the law of feudal tenure, 72-77.
_See_ Provinces.
Earls, first appearance of the title in Scottish history, iii. 58-63;
the Seven Earls, 59;
six Celtic earls besiege Malcolm IV. in Perth, 65;
apparently a constitutional body, 71 _seq_.;
merged in the Estates of the kingdom, 82.
Earn, river, i. 220, 261.
Easter, difference as to the time of celebrating, between the Anglic
and Columban churches, i. 275 _seq_.; ii. 8, 150
_seq_.
Eata, first abbot of Mailros, ii. 200;
afterwards bishop of Lindisfarne, 206.
Ebissa. _See_ Octa.
Ebudæ (Hebrides), islands of the, i. 40, 47;
easter and wester Ebuda (Isla and Jura), 69.
_See_ Hebrides, Isles.
Ecclesbreac. _See_ Falkirk.
Ecclesgreig, parish of, iii. 261.
Ecgberct, king of Northumbria (A.D. 867), i. 332.
Ecgberct, an Anglic priest, i. 264;
his views regarding Easter adopted by the majority in Iona, ii. ᚬv2
176ᚬ.
Ecgfrid, king of Northumbria, i. ᚬv1 260-265ᚬ;
slain at Dunnichen, 266;
effect of his defeat, 267 _seq_.
Ectolairg mac Foith (Talore, son of Wid), i. 257.
_See_ Garnaid.
Edderachylis, iii. 462.
Eddi’s _Life of St. Wilfrid_, i. 260.
Edevyn (Idvies), thanage of, iii. 265.
Ediluald, bishop in Lindisfarne, i. 275.
Edinburgh (Etin, Edwinesburg, Mynyd Agned, Dunedin), i. 240;
besieged (A.D. 638), 249;
surrendered, with the district of which it was the stronghold, to the
Scots, in the reign of Indulph (A.D. 954-62), 365, 372.
_See_ Aeduin.
Education of the people, bearing of the Church on, ii. 444;
a period of nearly 100 years before the Reformation one of neglected
education, and no learning, in the Highlands, 461.
Egelwin, Bishop, i. 422.
Egg, island of, i. 345; ii. 152; iii. 433.
Eglisgirg (Greg’s church), dedicated to St. Ciricus—a memorial of Grig,
i. ᚬv1 333-4ᚬ; iii. 261.
Egremont, the Boy of, his claim to the Scottish throne, iii. 66.
Eildon (Eldun) hill, near Melrose, contest at, between Ethelwald and
one of his generals, i. 300.
Einar, earl of Orkney, i. ᚬv1 344-5ᚬ.
Einar, son of Sigurd the Stout, i. 388, 401.
Ekkialsbakki, burial-place of Sigurd, earl of Orkney, i. 366;
identification of, 337.
Elder, John, letter from, to Henry VIII., quoted, iii. 331, 337.
Eldred, lord of Bamborough, unites with Constantin, king of Alban, to
resist the Danes, i. ᚬv1 347-8ᚬ.
Elfleda, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Northumbria, and wife of Siward,
i. 408.
Ellan na muk, isle of, iii. 434.
English possessions of Scottish kings, iii. 5.
Eobba, father of Ida, who founds the kingdom of Bernicia, i. 155.
Eocha (Eachdach, Eochaidh), grandson of Domnall Breac, i. 272;
conflict between his family and Selbach at Ross-Foichen, 286;
his death, 287.
Eocha (Eochodius), son of Indulf, slain by the Britons, i. 367.
Eocha (Eochodius), son of Run, and grandson of Kenneth mac Alpin, king
of the Picts, associated with Grig, i. ᚬv1 329-30ᚬ, 373.
Eochadh Buidhe, king of the Picts, i. 241, 242.
Eochaidh, grandson of Loarn, i. 264.
Eoganan, son of Angus, rules in Dalriada, i. 305;
becomes king of the southern Picts, ᚬv1 307-8ᚬ.
Eoin, son of Aonghus Og, his descendants, iii. 402;
gives liberally to the church, his death and burial, 402-3.
Eoin Mor (Mac Connells), clan, iii. 330, 401, 409, 432, 469.
Eoin of Ardnamurchan, clan, iii. 401, 469.
Eoin of Glencomhan (Glencoe), iii. 401, 430.
Eoin of Ile, poem composed on, iii. 407
Epidii, a tribe occupying Kintyre and Lorn, i. 76, 206.
Epidium, promontory of (Kintyre), i. 68.
Epidium, island of (Lismore), i. 69.
Erc and his sons, founders of the Scots colony in Dalriada, i. ᚬv1
139ᚬ, 229, 300; ii. 290; iii. 121.
Eremitical saints, ii. 248.
_See_ Anchorites.
Eric Bloody Axe, settled by Aethelstan in Northumberland, i. ᚬv1
359-60ᚬ;
is once and again expelled, ᚬv1 363-4ᚬ:
his sons go to Orkney, whence they make piratical expeditions, ᚬv1
365-6ᚬ.
Eric, a Dane, made Earl of Northumbria by Cnut, i. ᚬv1 392-3ᚬ.
Erin, the Three Sorrowful Stories of (an Irish legend), iii. 127.
Esk, river (Haddingtonshire), i. 238.
Essy, in Strathbolgy, i. 411.
Estates of the Realm in 1283, iii. 39.
Estuaries of Forth and Clyde, i. 8.
Ethelred, king of Northumbria (A.D. 774), i. 301.
Ethelred, king of the English, defeats the Scots (A.D. 1006), i. ᚬv1
385ᚬ.
Ethelwald, called Moll, king of Northumbria, i. 300.
Ethelwulf, king of Wessex, i. 333; ii. 321.
Ethnology of Britain, i. 164 _seq_.;
British traditions, 171;
Irish traditions, 172;
Dalriadic legend, 183;
Pictish legends, 185;
Saxon legends 189.
_See_ Legendary Origins, iii. 90-134.
Ettrick, forest of, divided the Britons of Alclyde from the Angles of
Bernicia, i. 235.
Eubonia, settlement of the Firbolg in, i. 138.
Eugein. _See_ Oan.
Eugenius the Bald (Owen), king of the Strathclyde Britons, i. 393;
slain, 394.
Evans, Prof. of New York, i. 250.
Ewen of Otter, clan, iii. 474.
Faelchu mac Dorbeni, the last of Columba’s successors, ii. 177.
Failbe, abbot of Iona, i. 245; ii. 168.
Falkirk (Fahkirk), church at, called _Ecglis Breacc_, ii. 36.
_See_ Brychan.
Falkland, thanage of, iii. 268.
Fallofaudus, a Roman general in Britain, i. 99.
Family of Iona. _See_ Columba.
Fandafuith (Fandowie), thanage of, iii. 274.
Farne Islands, i. 237.
Feacht, or ‘expedition,’ the burden of, ii. 173; iii. 151, 227,
234.
_See_ Sluaged.
Fearchar Fada, leader of the Cinel Baedan, i. 250, 251, ᚬv1
264ᚬ; iii. 342, 476;
death of, i. 272.
Fearn, dedication to St. Aidan at, i. 260.
Fendoch, Roman camp at, i. 45, 88.
Feochan, promontory of (Ross-Foichen, Irrosfoichne), battle at, i. ᚬv1
286ᚬ.
_Feodofirma_ (fee-farm), tenure of, what it was in Scotland, iii. 85,
237-8.
Feradach, son of Sealbach, is put in chains by Angus, i. 290.
Fergus Brit, second abbot of Iona, ii. 151.
Fergus Mor mac Erc of Dalriada, i. 140.
Fergus Salach, Cinel, a subdivision of the tribe of Loarn, i. 230.
Fergusianus, legend of, ii. 232.
_Ferleighinn_, lector or man of learning in the monasteries, ii. ᚬv2
342ᚬ, 444 _seq_.
Fermartyn, thanage of, iii. 252.
Fermoy, Book of, cited, iii. 35, 410.
Ferot, son of Finguine, slain, i. 288.
Fettercairn (Fotherkern), in the Mearns, i. 380.
Fetteresso (Fodresach), Malcolm I. slain at, i. 364.
Fiachna mac Deman, king of the Cruithnigh of Dalaradia, i. 241.
Fife, taken possession of by Agricola, i. 48;
represented in the Pictish legend by Fib (_see_ Cruithne), 185,
186;
province of, iii. 43;
attacked by the Northmen, i. 327;
inhabitants of, called ‘Scoti,’ 328;
Saxon barons acquire lands in, iii. 26;
no thanes in, 305, 356;
demesne of the earls of, 305.
_See_ Fothreve.
Fillan, St., ii. 33, 175;
pastoral staff of, 407.
Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne, i. 258.
Findhorn, river, i. 336, 338.
Finé or sept in Ireland, origin of the term, iii. 171;
the _ciné_ or kinsfolk, 171;
the _ceile_ or tenants, 172;
the _Fuidhir_ or stranger septs, 173;
territorial basis of the Finé, 175;
the four families or groups of the kinsfolk, 176-9;
members of, 179;
status of the Geilfiné chief, 180-4;
his relation to the Ri Tuath, 184;
law of succession, 187;
attendance upon the sluaged or hosting, dun-building, 188;
fosterage customs, 190;
later state of the Finés, 192-7.
Finé or clan in Scotland, iii. 284;
first appearance of the clans, 302;
the Chief and the kinsmen, 318;
the native-men, 318;
fosterage, 321;
the clan and its members, 323;
names and position of the clans, 327-9;
termination of clanship, 365.
_See_ Clan.
Fingaine (MacKinnons), clan, iii. 331, 363, 365, 488.
Finglen, in Loarn, battle at, i. 284.
Fingaill. _See_ Galls.
Finguine, leader of the Picts of Manann, slain, i. 270.
Finguine, son of Drostan, slain, i. 288.
Finlaic (Finleikr), mormaer of Moray and Ross, defeated by Sigurd, i.
375;
afterwards restored, 389;
slain, 397.
Finnian, influence of, ii. 51.
Finntuir, son of Thorfinn, i. 409.
Fintan Munnu, an Irish saint, iii. 92.
Firbolg, the, i. 138, 173 _seq_., 226; iii. 92, 105.
Fishing-villages established in the Highlands and Islands, iii. 376.
Flaithbertach, king of Ireland, is assisted by the fleet of Dalriada,
i. ᚬv1 289-90ᚬ.
Flann Mainistrech, _Synchronisms of_, i. 139.
Flavia, a Roman province in Britain, i. 96, 97, 103.
Fodresach. _See_ Fetteresso.
Fordell, thanage of, iii. 268.
Fordun’s _Chronicle_ referred to or quoted, i. 12, 18, ᚬv1
20ᚬ, 21; iii. 40, 47, 65, 70, 72, 84, 216, 304, 307, 480.
Fordun, church of, dedicated to Palladius, ii. 29.
Forest land, iii. 283.
Forglen, principal church of Adamnan, ii. 174;
banner of Columba preserved in, 175.
Forgrund, thanage of, iii. 276.
Fortevieth (Forteviot, Perthshire), Regulus brings remains of St.
Andrew to, i. 297;
Kenneth mac Alpin dies at, 313;
thanage of, iii. 269.
Forth (Forc), firth of (_see_ Boderia), i. 47 _seq_.; iii. 122,
212;
isthmus between it and the Clyde, i. 8;
fortified by Agricola, 46, 47;
earthen rampart constructed by Lollius Urbicus (Antonine’s Wall),
which became the boundary of the Roman province, ᚬv1 77-79ᚬ;
its reconstruction by Severus, 81, 89;
church south of the Forth and Clyde, ii. 36.
_See_ Frisian Sea.
Fortingall, Roman camp and station at, i. 88.
Fortrenn, province of, comprehending Strathearn and Menteith, i. ᚬv1
207ᚬ, 340, 342; iii. 44, 46;
the Britons of, i. 211, 231, 238;
siege of Dunduirn, its principal stronghold, 264;
after Ecgfrid’s death, Fortrenn used as synonymous with the kingdom
of the Picts, 269;
the men of, defeated by the Danes, 307, 308, 315, ᚬv1
319ᚬ, 380; iii. 122.
Fosterage, in Ireland, iii. 190;
in Wales, 207;
in Scotland, 321.
Fothad, second bishop of Albans, ii 327.
Fothad, last bishop of Alban, ii. 344.
Fothadh Canann, iii. 121.
Fothergill (Fortingall), thanage of, iii. 271.
Fotherkern. _See_ Fettercairn.
Fothreve (Fothrif), district of (Kinross-shire and west of Fife), i.
231, 341; iii. 43, 46, 61.
Franks, first appearance of the, i. 92.
Fraser, Sir William,—remarks on his work on _The Lennox_, i. 22;
iii. 360;
on _Earls of Cromartie_, 351, 353, 355.
Freeman’s _Old English History_, i. 150;
his _Norman Conquest_, 385.
Frisian Sea, name applied to the Firth of Forth by Nennius, i. ᚬv1
191ᚬ.
Frisians (Phrissones), the, i. ᚬv1 145-6ᚬ;
settlements of, on the shores of the Forth, 191, 192;
their influence on the southern Picts, 231.
_See_ Dunfres.
Fuidhir, or stranger serfs, iii. 173, 318.
Gabran, son of Domangart, king of Dalriada, i. ᚬv1 142-144ᚬ;
the Cinel Gabran, one the three tribes of the Dalriadic kingdom, ᚬv1
229ᚬ;
contest with Cinel Loarn for the throne, ᚬv1 272-3ᚬ, 287.
Gadeni, tribe of the, i. 71;
their territory, 106.
Gadhelic branch of the Celtic race, and its subdivisions, i. 226,
227;
its language, 194.
Gaedhel Glass, the _eponymus_ of the Gaedhelic race, i. 179; iii.
94.
_See_ Gathelus.
Gael (Gadheal, Gaedhel, Gaethel), name now applied to all the
inhabitants of Scotland who belonged to the Gaelic branch of the
Celtic race, i. 343; iii. 101, 365.
Gaelic language, and its dialectic varieties, i. 193, 194,
ᚬv1 203-4ᚬ;
Scotch Gaelic, ii. ᚬv2 453-4ᚬ;
termed Albanic, Scotic or Scotch, 460,
and later, called Irish or Erse, 462; iii. 40, 41;
becomes a written language after the Reformation, ii. 463.
_See also_ Irish.
Gaelic population, causes affecting, in eighteenth century, iii. 372;
state in 1817, 376;
in 1847-50, 377.
Gaelic race, tribal organisation of the, iii. 136;
broken up, 300.
Gaius Campus, the name, i. ᚬv1 255-6ᚬ.
Gal (= valour) a component part of Gaelic names not to be confounded
with “Gall” (= strangers), iii. 28, 333.
Gala, river, i. 237.
Galgacus, a Caledonian chief, leader of the natives at the battle of
Mons Granpius, i. ᚬv1 52-56ᚬ.
Gallgaidheal, Irish term for Galloway, i. 239, 311;
applied to the Gaelic race there and in the Western Isles as under
the rule of Galls; their association with piratical Northmen,
311-12;
the term also applied to the inhabitants of the Western Isles and
districts under the Norwegian rule, 345; iii. 29-39;
finally limited to Galloway, 292;
historic sketch of their lords, 292-300;
tribe, 365.
Galloway (Galweia, Gallovidia, Gallweithia, Gallwydel (Welsh),
Gallgaidel (Irish), province of, i. 9;
occupied by the Novantæ, 10, 72, 127,
who became known as the Picts of Galloway, 131, 132, ᚬv1
238ᚬ;
legend relating to, ᚬv1 187-189ᚬ;
their isolated position, ᚬv1 202-3ᚬ;
subject to the Angles, 271, 311;
invaded by the Scots under Alpin, 291;
Anglic power wanes about the end of the eighth century, 311
(_see_ Whithern);
attacked by the Northmen, ᚬv1 322-3ᚬ;
its nominal connection with Bernicia, 373;
thrice invaded by Malcolm IV., and its inhabitants brought under
subjection, 472;
revolt in the following reign, 475;
insurrection in, 478;
again revolt under Alexander II., but become incorporated into the
kingdom in 1235, ᚬv1 487-8ᚬ;
Alan, lord of, iii. 75;
the tribal system in, 214.
Galls, a term applied to the Norwegians and Danes (Finngaill =
fair-haired Galls or Norwegians) (Dubhgaill = dark-haired Galls or
Danes), i. 304; iii. 28, 292, 233;
also to Saxons, i. 311;
sometimes = ‘foreign,’ 387.
Garnaid, Bredei, and Talore (sons of Wid), successively kings of the
Picts, i. 242, ᚬv1 246-7ᚬ, 257.
Garnard, son of Donald, king of the Picts, i. 305.
Garrioch (Garvyach), earldom of, iii. 69.
Gartnaid, son of Donnell, king of the Picts, who remained independent
after the others had fallen under the sway of Osuiu, i. 258;
voyage of his sons to Ireland, 259.
Gathelus, first leader of the Gaethel, i. 343; iii. 494.
Gaul, mission of St. Columbanus to (A.D. 590), ii. 6.
Genealogies, spurious, of the Grants, iii. 349;
the Camerons, 350;
Mackenzies, 351;
Mathesons, Macleans, and Macleods, 354;
MacIntoshes, 356;
Campbells, 359;
earls of Lennox, 359;
Donnachie (Robertsons), M‘Nabs, MacGregors, 362.
Geiza, isle of, iii. 439.
Gentiles, a term applied to the northern pirates, i. 304.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, fabulous history of, 117, 172; iii. 94.
Gerontius, one of Constantine’s generals, a native of Britain, i. ᚬv1
109-112ᚬ.
Gervadius, St., or Gernadius, ii. 369.
Gigha, island of, i. 285.
Gilcomgan, mormaer of Moray, and father of Lulach, king of Scotia, i.
411.
Gildas, the British historian, his narrative of the Roman occupation,
i. 112, 113;
note on the Lives of, ᚬv1 116-118ᚬ;
his account of the Picts, ᚬv1 121-2ᚬ;
of the settlement of the Saxons in Britain, ᚬv1 144-5ᚬ.
Gillaeoin, clan. _See_ Macleans.
Gillebride, father of Somerled, iii. 33.
Gillechallam of Raarsa, clan, iii. 433.
Gillechrist, Comes de Menteth, iii. 67.
Gillemichel Makduf, Comes de Fif, iii. 63-4.
Gilli, earl of Colonsay, i. 379, ᚬv1 389-90ᚬ.
Giollaespuig, son of Alasdair of Ile, iii. 407, 409.
Giraldus Cambrensis, cited, iii. 48.
Giric. _See_ Grig.
Giudi, town of (_see_ Alauna), i. 71, 208, 238, ᚬv1
254-5ᚬ.
Glammis, i. 398;
thanage of, iii. 262, 266.
Glasgow, diocese of, re-constituted, ii. 375.
Glein, river, Arthur’s first battle on, i. 153.
Glendowachy (Doune), thanage of, iii. 251.
Glenfalloch, i. 273.
_See_ Clach na Breatan.
Glenlemnae, valley of the Leven—[Argyll or Dumbarton?] Dalriadic
slaughter in, i. ᚬv1 272-3ᚬ.
Glenmairison (Glenmureson), in West Lothian, battle of, i. 249.
Glenrie, or the king’s glen, i. 411.
Glentilt, thanage of, iii. 86, 272.
Glenurquhir, Laird of, iii. 435.
Godfray mac Aralt. _See_ Godred.
Godfrey. _See_ Guthfrith.
_Gododin_, a Welsh poem, i. 250.
Godred (Gofra, Gofrath), son of Aralt, king of Man, vanquished by the
sons of Nial, i. ᚬv1 376-8ᚬ.
Godred Crovan, a ruler of the Western Isles, i. 441; iii. 331.
_See_ Reginald.
Godwine, Earl, i. 410.
Gospatrick, a grandson of Crinan, origin of name, i. 394, ᚬv1
419ᚬ.
Gothbrith, leader of a band of Danes, i. 347.
Gowrie, district of, i. 281, 341; iii. 43, 45, 133;
earldom of, 275.
Gracaban, a Danish earl slain at Tynemoor, i. ᚬv1 347-8ᚬ.
Grampians, the, i. 11, 47, 49, _et al_.
Granpius, Mons, battle of, i. 52 _seq_.;
conflicting theories as to the position of, 54.
Grants, MS. history of the, iii. 349-50.
Grassy Walls, Roman camp at, i. 49, 51, 86.
Gratian, Emperor, i. 104, 105, 108.
Greeks, their early acquaintance with the British Isles, i. 29,
30.
Green’s _English People_, i. 150.
Gregor (MacGregors), clan, iii. 329, 331, 365, 487.
Grelauga, daughter of Duncan, jarl of Caithness, and wife of Thorfinn,
i. 374.
Grig (Carus, Ciricius, Girg, Giric, Girig), son of Dungaile (_see_
Dunnagual), associated as governor with Eocha, king of the Picts, i.
329;
error of Chalmers with regard to him, 330;
events of his reign, ᚬv1 331-4ᚬ;
he was the first to give liberty to the Scottish Church, ii. ᚬv2
320ᚬ.
_See_ Eglisgirg.
Gruoch, daughter of Boete (_q.v_.), and wife of Macbeth, i. 406.
Guaire (Macquarries), clan, iii. 331, 436, 488.
Guaul, the name given by Nennius to the northern wall, i. 153.
Guinnion, fastness of, i. 153.
Gunn, clan, iii. 330.
Guorthigirn, a leader of the Britons, i. 146, 147, 151,
189.
Gureit (Gwriad), king of Alclyde, i. 257.
Gurth, a name of Skye, i. ᚬv1 395-6ᚬ.
Guthferth, son of Sitriuc, i. 351.
Guthfrith, Sitriuc’s brother, driven from Deira by Aethelstan, i. ᚬv1
352ᚬ.
Guthorm, son of Earl Sigurd, i. 344.
Guthred, son of Hardicnut, king of the Northumbrians south of the Tyne,
i. 332, 349;
after his death Bernicia under lords of Bamborough, 373.
Gwenedotia, Gwynedd (North Wales), i. 244, 246, 254;
iii. 198.
Gwyddyl, in modern Welsh denotes the Irish, i. 197; iii. 101.
_See_ Gael.
Gwyddyl Ffichti, the Welsh designation of the Picts who settled in
Britain, i. 197, 343; iii. 48, 101-104.