Fergus Dubdétach
Fergus Dubdétach(" black- tooth") was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of the Ulaid who was briefly High King of Ireland.
He took the High Kingship after his predecessor, Lugaid mac Con, was expelled from Tara by Cormac mac Airt and killed in Munster by Cormac's poet Ferches mac Commáin.
Fergus and his two brothers, Fergus Caisfhiachlach(" rough- tooth") and Fergus Foltlebair(" long- hair"), then expelled Cormac to Connacht and Fergus took the throne.
He ruled for a year, before he was defeated by Cormac, with the assistance of Tadg mac Céin and Lugaid Láma, in the Battle of Crinna.
The" Lebor Gabála Érenn" makes no reference to Fergus' descent.
Geoffrey Keating gives him a long genealogy, naming his father as Finnchad, son of Ogaman, son of the former High King and king of the Ulaid Fíatach Finn.
The" Annals of the Four Masters" name Fergus' father as Imchad, but traces his descent no further.
The" Lebor Gabála" synchronises Lugaid's reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus( 180–192).
The chronology of Keating's" Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" dates his reign to 203–204, that of the" Annals of the Four Masters" to 225–226.
Donncoirce
Donncoirce( or Donn Corci) was probably king of Dál Riata until his death in 792.
Donncoirce's death, the only report of his existence, appears in the" Annals of Ulster" for the year 791, corresponding with 792 AD.
In it he is called" Donncoirce, king of Dál Riata.
Donncoirce is not listed as a king in the" Synchronisms" of Flann Mainistrech, or in the" Duan Albanach", nor does he appear under this name in any surviving genealogies.
Likewise, he was not a king of the Dál n Araidi misreported as a king of Dál Riata, or otherwise associated with Ireland, as proposed by John Bannerman.
Alan Orr Anderson suggested that the name Donncoirce may be a byname, perhaps meaning" Brown Oats".
Donncoirce is the last king of Dál Riata so called by surviving Irish annals.
Dauvit Broun's reconstruction of the late Dál Riata kings places the beginning of Donncoirce's reign at the death of Fergus mac Echdach in 781 or 782.
Eochaid mac Áeda Find
Eochaid mac Áeda Find is a spurious King of Dál Riata found in some rare High Medieval king-lists and in older history books.
Supposedly a son of Áed Find (died 778) and successor to Áed's brother Fergus mac Echdach, Eochaid is now thought to represent a misplacing of the reign of Eochaid mac Echdach.
The reigns of Selbach mac Ferchair, Dúngal mac Selbaig and, perhaps, Alpín mac Echdach, are similarly misplaced in the sources which contain this Eochaid.
Fiachnae mac Báetáin
Fiachnae mac Báetáin( died 626), also called Fiachnae Lurgan or Fiachnae Find, was king of the Dál n Araidi and High King of the Ulaid in the early 7th century.
He was a son of Báetán mac Echdach and brother of Fiachra Cáech( died c. 608), grandson of the Ulaid king Eochaid mac Condlai( died 552) and father of Mongán mac Fiachnai.
Congal Cláiringnech
Congal Cláiringnech(" the cripple"), son of Rudraige, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of Ulster and High King of Ireland.
He was the brother of Bresal Bó- Díbad, the former High King, who had been killed by Lugaid Luaigne.
While Lugaid Luaigne was High King of Ireland, Congall shared the kingship of Ulster with Fergus mac Léti, ruling the northern half of the province while Fergus ruled the southern half.
The Ulstermen objected to being ruled by two kings, and both submitted to the judgement of the High King at Tara as to which should rule the province.
Lugaid decided to give the kingship to Fergus, who his daughter Findabair had fallen in love with, and compensate Congal with land, status and gold, but Congal refused and declared war.
He was supported by some of the Ulster noblemen, including Fergus mac Róich and Bricriu, as well as allies from the other Irish provinces and from Scotland.
Fergus mac Léti also called upon his allies, including Fachtna Fáthach from Ulster, Cet mac Mágach from Connacht and Mesgegra from Leinster, and there were great losses on both sides.
Congal fitted out a fleet and left Ireland for Lochlann( Norway) to seek new allies.
He married Beiuda, daughter of king of Lochlann, and, reinforced with 20,000 Scandinavian warriors, set sail again.
After making conquests in Britain and gaining further allies there, he returned to Ulster.
He learned that Fergus mac Léti was staying at the house of Eochaid Sálbuide, and resolved to storm it.
The house was burnt down, but Fergus and Eochaid escaped.
Congal decided, rather than ravage his own country, to march on Tara and fight Lugaid Luaigne for the High Kingship of Ireland.
A terrible battle was fought between their armies, and Congal met Lugaid on the battlefield and beheaded him.
After Congal had installed himself as High King, Fergus mac Léti came to Tara to make peace with him.
Congal accepted his overtures, but stripped him of the kingship of Ulster, giving it to his brother Ross Ruad.
Congal ruled Ireland for fifteen or sixteen years, at the end of which he was killed by Lugaid Luaigne's grandson Dui Dallta Dedad.
The" Lebor Gabála Érenn" synchronises his reign with that of Ptolemy XII Auletes( 80 – 51 BC) in Egypt.
The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's" Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" dates his reign to 135 – 120 BC, that of the" Annals of the Four Masters" to 184–169 BC.
Adlène Boutnaf
Adlène Boutnaf( born 23 February 1984 in Hussein Dey, Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer.
He currently plays as a defender for the Algerian Ligue 2 club Olympique de Médéa.
Áed Find
Áed Find( Áed the White), or Áed mac Echdach( before 736–778), was king of Dál Riata( modern western Scotland and County Antrim, Ireland).
Áed was the son of Eochaid mac Echdach, a descendant of Domnall Brecc in the main line of Cenél n Gabráin kings.
According to later genealogies, Áed was the great- grandfather of Kenneth MacAlpin( Cináed mac Ailpín) who is traditionally counted as the first king of Scots.
This descent ran through Áed's son Eochaid mac Áeda Find and Eochaid's son Alpín mac Echdach.
The evidence for the existence of Eochaid and Alpín is late and uncompelling, and shows signs of fabrication in the High Middle Ages.
The Annals of Ulster in 768 report" Bellum i Fortrinn iter Aedh& Cinaedh": a battle in Fortriu between Áed and Cináed.
This is usually read as meaning Áed Find and the Pictish king Ciniod I, who is called" Cinadhon" in the notice of his death in 775.
The Annals of the Four Masters, a less reliable source, give a different version, placing this battle in Leinster and naming the victor as Cináed mac Flainn of the Uí Failgi and his defeated enemy as one Áed.
Áed's death in 778 is noted by the Annals of Ulster.
He appears to have been followed as king by his brother Fergus mac Echdach.
The" Laws of Áed Eochaid's son" are mentioned by the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba in the reign of Áed's supposed great- grandson Donald MacAlpin( Domnall mac Ailpín):
" In his time the Gaels with their king made the rights and laws of the kingdom[ that are called the laws] of Áed Eochaid's son, in Forteviot."
What these laws concerned is not known.
Fergus mac Echdach
Fergus mac Echdach was king of Dál Riata( modern western Scotland) from about 778 until 781.
He succeeded Áed Find.
He is stated to have been a son of Eochaid mac Echdach, and thus a brother of Áed.
Some much later sources make him a son of Áed, but this is not credited by modern studies.
His death is noticed in 781 by the Annals of Ulster.
The next reported king of Dál Riata is Donncoirce.
Eochaid mac Domangairt
Eochaid mac Domangairt( died ca. 697) was a king of Dál Riata( modern western Scotland) in about 697.
He was a member of the Cenél n Gabráin, the son of Domangart mac Domnaill and father of Eochaid mac Echdach; Alpín mac Echdach may be a son of this younger Eochaid.
He is named in Dál Riata king- lists, the Duan Albanach and the" Synchronisms" of Flann Mainistrech.
In some sources he is called Eochaid Crook- Nose(" Riannamail"), but modern readings take this as being a garbled reference to Fiannamail ua Dúnchado rather than an epithet.
The death of" Eochu nepos Domnaill"( Eochaid grandson of Domnall Brecc) is reported in the" Annals of Ulster" for 697, slain by Fiannamail ua Dúnchado.
Dúnchad Bec
Dúnchad Bec was king of Kintyre (in Dál Riata) in the early 8th century.
Dúnchad Bec is too late to have been included in the Senchus Fer n-Alban, which includes kings to the first half of the 7th century.
He is also unknown to later genealogies.
He is named from two entries in the Annals of Ulster (and the Annals of Tigernach).
The first entry, for the year 719, reports a battle at Ard Nesbi between Dúnchad Bec "with the Cenél nGabráin" and Selbach mac Ferchair with the Cenél Loairn.
The second, for 721, reports the death of "Dúnchad Bec, king of Cenn Tíre".
As king of Kintyre and chief of the Cenél nGabráin, it is likely that Dúnchad Bec was a descendant of Gabrán mac Domangairt.
If the assumption that Fiannamail ua Dúnchado was a grandson of the earlier king Dúnchad mac Conaing is correct, then it may be that Dúnchad Bec belonged to this segment of the Cenél nGabráin, probably descended from Conaing son of Áedán, which appears to have contested with the main line, descended from Eochaid Buide.
It is not known who succeeded Dúnchad Bec as king of the Cenél nGabráin.
The next known king is Eochaid mac Echdach, of the line of Eochaid Buide, whose supporters deposed Dúngal mac Selbaig in 726.

Question: Were Fergus mac Echdach and Adlène Boutnaf of the same nationality?
Answer: no