List of kings of Dál Riata
Kings from the 740s onwards

List of kings of Dál Riata

Section Title: Kings from the 740s onwards
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Reign	Ruler	Name	Family	Remarks

c. 736–750 or later	Unknown kings	Dál Riata was under the control of the Picts from around 736 until at least 750, and perhaps later; no kings are known from this period, but it is likely that the Picts ruled Dál Riata through subject kings

Before 768–778	Áed Find	Áed mac Echdach	Cenel nGabráin; presumably a son of Eochaid son of Eochaid	Later genealogies make Áed Find the son of Domangart son of Domnall Brecc which is chronologically improbable, others have one Eochaid rather than the expected two

778–781	Fergus	Fergus mac Echdach	Cenel nGabráin; brother of Áed Find

Unknown	Eochaid	Eochaid mac Áeda Find	Cenel nGabráin; son of Áed Find	Not included in the Duan Albanach, or in the Annals; known from later genealogies; probably an error for Eochaid mac Echdach

Died 792	Donncoirce	None known	Unknown	Obit in the Annals of Ulster; not included in the Duan Albanach or later genealogies

Unknown	Caustantín	Caustantín mac Fergusa	Not certainly known, perhaps a descendant of the first Óengus mac Fergusa	King of the Picts c. 792–820; included in the Duan Albanach but not generally supposed to have been a king in Dál Riata

c. 792–805	Unknown kings	No kings are known from this period

c. 805–807	Conall	Conall mac Taidg	Unknown	Death reported in battle in Kintyre, presumed to be the first of the Conalls included in the Duan Albanach; reign approximate

c. 807–811	Conall	Conall mac Áedáin	Unknown	Killed Conall mac Taidg, "another Conall" reigned four years according to the Duan Albanach; reign approximate

c. 811–835	Domnall	Domnall mac Caustantín	Son of Caustantín mac Fergusa	A king named Domnall reigned twenty-four years according to the Duan Albanach; reign approximate

Unknown	Óengus	Óengus mac Fergusa	Brother of Caustantín	King of the Picts c. 820–834; included in the Duan Albanach but not generally supposed to have been a king in Dál Riata

Unknown	Eóganán	Eóganán mac Óengusa	Son of Óengus	King of the Picts c. 837–839; included in the Duan Albanach but not generally supposed to have been a king in Dál Riata

c. 835–839	Áed	Áed mac Boanta	None known	Killed in battle against Vikings alongside Eóganán mac Óengusa; a king Áed is named by the Duan Albanach

Unknown	Alpín	Alpín mac Echdach	Cenel nGabráin; son of Eochaid son of Áed Find	Not listed in the Duan Albanach or the Annals; known from later genealogies; no evidence that he was a king in Dál Riata and he is fathered on the spurious Eochaid mac Áeda Find

Unknown	Cináed	Cináed mac Ailpín	Cenel nGabráin; son of Alpín	King of the Picts c. 843–858; not generally supposed that he was a king in Dál Riata

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