Aedan mac Gabrain, King Of Dál Riata

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 608

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eochu Buide, King Of Dál Riata died about 630.

Notes:

He is the earliest of the kings of Dál Riata on whose existence the various early Irish genealogies agree. The Henry Project (citation details below) says that "[a]lthough there is no good reason to doubt that Fergus existed, he is more a figure of legend than of history." They further remark that one possibility is that "Fergus was the first member of the dynasty to rule from Scotland rather than Ireland. However, even though there were probably kings of the Dál Riata prior to Fergus, the evidence does not justify giving that title to any of the individuals who appear in the genealogy of Fergus."

It is reasonably possible that his father was a man named Ercc.