- Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Eochaid Cairbre Dal Riada King of Dal Riata |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I147130 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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| Notes |
- DAVID F. DALE in his "THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS, THE PICTS AND THEBRITONS" at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DavidDale1/Hisco.htm
Suggests that Coirpre/Echdach Riata was the founder of the Scots Kingdomof Dalriada in Scotland, only he suggests in the 1st Century AD inStrathclyde not the usual idea of Fergud Mor in Argyle in the 5th Century.
He mentions "Historian Tacitus, who writing of Agricola's campaign inBritain (77- 84 AD) tells us that he had welcomed and detained :-
"an Irish prince, expelled from his homeland by a rebellion"."
In chapter 23.2 "Dal Riada" he states "Throughout Scottish history, akingdom of Dal Riada has often been associated with Argyll. However thisdoes not actually agree with the evidence, which suggests that by thefifth and sixth century Scotic settlement had occurred at least 300 yearsbeforehand."
He goes on to argue his case, then summarize it with:
"Irish settlement in the Solway Clyde region is well testified to by thepresence of Archeological findings which date this settlement around the1st and second centuries AD - coincedentally the time and place whereAgricola comes into contact with a mysterious unnamed exiled "Irish"Prince.
Agricola's Irish Prince seems to encapsulate the very essence of the"Irish" legend of Coirpre/Echdach Riata. Coirpre [or Cairbre] Riata was,like Agricola's subject, expelled from his homeland, having beenoverthrown, so if the legend of Echdach/Coirpre Riada is true then thisis the only known candidate - he was found exiled in Strathclyde (theterritory of the Rheged) near Dumfriesshire, in the first century AD, atexactly the time when Scottish settlement occurs in the West Coast ofSouthern Scotland. It is, therefore, very likely that the tale of EchdachRiada is true, and that he led an emigrant Irish settlement to mainlandBritain from Northern Ireland. For evidence of Irish settlement inStrathclyde we now have:-
1. Independant testimony from a reliable source (Tacitus) which givesevidence of Irish settlement led by an exiled prince (Echdach Riada)dated to the first century AD.
2. The adoption of Irish building styles in South Western Scotland suchas the Crannogs found in Perthshire, dated to at least the 1st centuryAD.
3. The dearth of Welsh placenames in Strathclyde - Gaelic placenames arealmost exclusive in a territory which modern historians would have usbelieve was under Gaelic influence for less than a century, not surelyenough time for the people to even become even remotely native Gaelicspeakers, unless they already were so.
All the archeological and testimonial evidence indicates that Agricola's"prince" was the eponymous ancestor of the Scots, Coirpre/Echdach Riada.Irish settlement in Strathclyde in the first century AD would explain thepresence of Irish offshoot tribes such as the Dumnoni and the Epidi inSouth Western Scotland."
He then goes on to point out other suggestive evidence.
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