Domnall Brecc, king of the Dál Riata

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: December 642 or December 643.

Place of Death: Strathcarron.

The date and place are given by Anderson. The death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster s.a. 642.

Relationships

Father: Eochu Buide.

This relationship is given by Anderson, by Fraser, and by Baldwin.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Domangart (died 673), king of the Dál Riata.

Cathusach (died about 650).

References

Anderson, Marjorie O. “Dál Riata, kings of (act. c.500-c.850)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Anderson, Marjorie O. “Domnall Brecc (d. 642/3)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Domnall Brecc” in The Henry Project.

Fraser, James E. From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. (Edinburgh University Press, 2009).