| | to 733, }| ... | ... | ... | | 21 | MUREDACH, the son of | | | | | | Ainbhcealach, | 733 | 3 | 736 | | 22 | EOGAN, the son of Muredach, | 736 | 3 | 739 | | 23 | AODH-Fin, the son of Eoacha’ | | | | | | III., | 739 | 30 | 769 | | 24 | FERGUS, the son of Aodh-fin, | 769 | 3 | 772 | | 25 | SELVACH II., the son of Eogan, | 772 | 24 | 796 | | 26 | EOACHA’-Annuine IV., the son of | | | | | | Aodh-fin, | 796 | 30 | 826 | | 27 | DUNGAL, the son of Selvach II., | 826 | 7 | 833 | | 28 | ALPIN, the son of | | | | | | Eoacha’-Annuine IV., | 833 | 3 | 836 | | 29 | KENNETH, the son of Alpin, | 836 | 7 | 843 | +-------+---------------------------------+---------+--------+-------+ It is right to mention that the Albanic Duan omits the names between Ainbhcealach and Dungal (17-27), most of which, however, are contained in the St. Andrews’ list. FOOTNOTES: [79] See Innes’s _Essay_, vol. i. [80] This is the date commonly given, although Mr. E. W. Robertson makes it 502 on the authority of Tighernach, while O’Donovan (_Annals of the Four Masters_, vol. i. p. 160) makes it 506. [81] Vol. i. p. 212. [82] _Early Kings_, vol. i. p. 5. [83] _Early Kings_, vol. ii. p. 305. [84] At this time, and up at least to the 11th century, present Scotland was known as Albania, Alban, or Alba, the term Scotland or Scotia being generally applied to Ireland, unless where there is some qualifying term, as Nova. Burton thinks it not safe to consider that the word Scot must mean a native of present Scotland, when the period dealt with is earlier than the middle of the 12th century. [85] Skene in his _Chronicles of the Picts and Scots_, p. cx., makes the date to be about 495 or 498. [86] Skene’s _Chronicles of the Picts and Scots_, p. cxiii. [87] More recently the invaluable labours of E. W. Robertson, Burton, Forbes-Leslie, Joseph Robertson, Grub, Skene, and Maclauchlan, have been the means of putting the history of this period on its proper footing. [88] Vol. i. ch. vi. [89] Dr. Maclauchlan’s _Early Scottish Church_, pp. 32, 33. [90] Druid is said to be derived from a word meaning ‘oak,’ common to many of the Indo-European tongues. [91] _Eccles. Hist._, vol. i. p. 49. [92] Grub’s _Ecc. Hist._, vol. i. p. 51. [93] _Book of Deer_, Preface. Further details concerning the early Scottish church will be given at the end of this volume. [94] There is some confusion here; Dr. Maclauchlan places this conflict in the reign of Brude son of Derile, who, according to our list, did not succeed till 699. [95] Book V. c. 24.