Dál Fiatach
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The Dál Fiatach were a group of related tribes located in north-east Ulster in the Early Christian and Early Medieval periods of the history of Ireland. They are thought to be related to the Darini of Ptolemy's Geographia.
The kingdom of Ulaid in the time of the Dál Fiatach was reduced from late pre-Christian times, when it had extended south and west to cover most of Ulster. By c. 400, the kingdom included the lands which would become County Louth, County Down and County Antrim, as well as parts of Armagh and Tyrone. County Down was the centre of the Dál Fiatach lands, and the chief royal site and religuous centre of the Dál Fiatach was at Downpatrick.In later times,from the 9th century, Bangor, originally controlled by the neighbouring Dál nAraidi, became the main religious site patronised by the kings.
Every known king of Dál Fiatach became king of Ulaid, but they did not monopolise the kingship as the cruithne tribes of Dál nAraidi supplied a number of kings. Among the more influential early Dál Fiatach kings were :-
- Báetán mac Cairill, (d. 581) (probably High-king of Ireland)
- Áed Róin (d. 732)
- Fiachnae, son of Áed Róin (d. 789)
References
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
- Duffy, Seán (ed.), Atlas of Irish History. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2nd edn, 2000. ISBN 0-7171-3093-2
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