Polity · 500 CE – 899 CE
Dál Riata
- Peak recorded area
- 59,850 km²
- 750 CE
- Rulers on record
- 36
- from 500 CE
Overview
Dál Riata or Dál Riada was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel. At its height in the 6th and 7th centuries, it covered what is now Argyll in Scotland and part of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. After a period of expansion, Dál Riata eventually became associated with the Gaelic Kingdom of Alba.
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Territory
13 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
36 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Fergus MórHead of State500 CE – 501 CE
- Domangart Rétilist of kings of Dál Riata503 CE – 507 CE
- Comgall mac Domangairtlist of kings of Dál Riata507 CE – 538 CE
- Gabrán mac Domangairtlist of kings of Dál Riata538 CE – 560 CE
- Conall mac Comgailllist of kings of Dál Riata560 CE – 574 CE
- Áedán mac Gabráinlist of kings of Dál Riata574 CE – 608 CE
- Eochaid Buidelist of kings of Dál Riata608 CE – 629 CE
- Connad Cerrlist of kings of Dál Riata627 CE – 629 CE
- Domnall Brecclist of kings of Dál Riata629 CE – 642 CE
- Ferchar mac Connaidlist of kings of Dál Riata637 CE – 650 CE
- Conall Crandomnalist of kings of Dál Riata650 CE – 660 CE
- Dúnchad mac Conainglist of kings of Dál Riata650 CE – 654 CE
- Domangart mac Domnailllist of kings of Dál Riata660 CE – 673 CE
- Máel Dúin mac Conailllist of kings of Dál Riata673 CE – 689 CE
- Ferchar Fotalist of kings of Dál Riata678 CE – 697 CE
- Domnall Donnlist of kings of Dál Riata689 CE – 696 CE
- Ainbcellach mac Ferchairlist of kings of Dál Riata697 CE – 698 CE
- Eochaid mac Domangairtlist of kings of Dál Riata697 CE
- Fiannamail ua Dúnchadolist of kings of Dál Riata698 CE – 700 CE
- Selbach mac Ferchairlist of kings of Dál Riata700 CE – 723 CE
- Dúngal mac Selbaiglist of kings of Dál Riata723 CE – 726 CE
- Eochaid mac Echdachlist of kings of Dál Riata726 CE – 733 CE
- Álpin de Dalriadalist of kings of Dál Riata733 CE – 736 CE
- Muiredach mac Ainbcellaiglist of kings of Dál Riata733 CE – 736 CE
- Eógan mac Muiredaiglist of kings of Dál Riata736 CE – 739 CE
- Áed Findlist of kings of Dál Riata748 CE – 778 CE
- Fergus mac Echdachlist of kings of Dál Riata778 CE – 781 CE
- Donncoircelist of kings of Dál Riata781 CE – 792 CE
- Conall mac Áedáinlist of kings of Dál Riata805 CE – 811 CE
- Conall mac Taidglist of kings of Dál Riata805 CE – 807 CE
- Causantín mac Fergusalist of kings of Dál Riata811 CE – 820 CE
- Óengus IIlist of kings of Dál Riata820 CE – 834 CE
- Alpín mac Echdachlist of kings of Dál Riata831 CE – 834 CE
- Áed mac Boantalist of kings of Dál Riata833 CE – 839 CE
- Eóganan mac Óengusalist of kings of Dál Riata837 CE – 839 CE
- Kenneth MacAlpinHead of State841 CE – 850 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Dál Riata is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.