Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameFergus Mór Mac Eirc King Of Scots, 43G Grandfather
FatherEarc King Of Dalriada (-~474)
Web Notes notes for Fergus Mór Mac Eirc King Of Scots
From the book "The Oxford History of Ireland" edited by R. F. Foster, 1992, ISBN 0-19-285271-X, page 7:
By far the most successful Irish colony in Britain was that of Dál Riata in Scotland; it lasted and finally laid the basis for the kingdom of Scotland. The Dál Riata or at least the group of dynasties to which they belong are located by Ptolemy in the extreme north-east of Ireland. When and why they crossed over to Scotland is uncertain. Medieval Irish legends tell that this began in the 3rd or 4th century, or indeed before. Other traditions state that Fergus Mór mac Eirc and his brothers established Dál Riata in Scotland about the middle or late 5th century. Whatever its beginnings, the Scottish kingdom of Dál Riata was a great success and by the time Columba came on his mission to Iona in 563 the king of Dál Riata was extending his authority over the Picts to the east. In the middle of the ninth century, Dál Riata took control of all Pictland, and Scotland became a united kingdom under Kenneth mac Alpine.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (170:2).
sbald@@auburn.campus.mci.net (Stewart Baldwin) posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL-L-request@@rootsweb.com on 26 Nov 1998
Subject: Llywelyn AT:
"Although the later genealogies make Loarn a son of Erc, and brother of Fergus, ancestor of the later kings of Scotland, there is no good reason to believe that the supposed sibling relationship is historical"
The following is taken from an Internet posting of Michael R. Davidson of Edinburgh. Scotland, on 23 Oct 1995: Fergus Mor, one of Erc's sons, is generally considered to be the earliest historically authenticated ancestor of the kings of Scotland, but it is just possible that Fergus had a father Erc who had a father Eochaid Munremar.
By far the most successful Irish colony in Britain was that of Dál Riata in Scotland; it lasted and finally laid the basis for the kingdom of Scotland. The Dál Riata or at least the group of dynasties to which they belong are located by Ptolemy in the extreme north-east of Ireland. When and why they crossed over to Scotland is uncertain. Medieval Irish legends tell that this began in the 3rd or 4th century, or indeed before. Other traditions state that Fergus Mór mac Eirc and his brothers established Dál Riata in Scotland about the middle or late 5th century. Whatever its beginnings, the Scottish kingdom of Dál Riata was a great success and by the time Columba came on his mission to Iona in 563 the king of Dál Riata was extending his authority over the Picts to the east. In the middle of the ninth century, Dál Riata took control of all Pictland, and Scotland became a united kingdom under Kenneth mac Alpine.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (170:2).
sbald@@auburn.campus.mci.net (Stewart Baldwin) posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL-L-request@@rootsweb.com on 26 Nov 1998
Subject: Llywelyn AT:
"Although the later genealogies make Loarn a son of Erc, and brother of Fergus, ancestor of the later kings of Scotland, there is no good reason to believe that the supposed sibling relationship is historical"
The following is taken from an Internet posting of Michael R. Davidson of Edinburgh. Scotland, on 23 Oct 1995: Fergus Mor, one of Erc's sons, is generally considered to be the earliest historically authenticated ancestor of the kings of Scotland, but it is just possible that Fergus had a father Erc who had a father Eochaid Munremar.