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Gartnait II
Gartnait son of Domelch( died 595) was a king of the Picts from 584-595.
The Pictish Chronicle king lists contained in the Poppleton Manuscript have Gartnait following Bridei son of Maelchon whose death" c".
584 is recorded by the Irish annals.
Gartnait's death is noted in the" Annals of Tigernachc ".599 and the king lists have him succeeded by Nechtan nepos Uerb.
Some versions of the king list associate Gartnait with the foundation of the monastery of Abernethy, although other variants associate this either with Nechtan nepos Uerb or the similarly named pre-historic king Nechtan son of Erp.
John Bannerman proposed that this Gartnait was to be identified with the son of Áedán mac Gabráin found in the genealogies known as" Cethri Primchenela dail Riata" attached to the" Senchus fer n- Alban", and furthermore with the Gartnait whose kin were active on the isle of Skye during the 7th and early 8th centuries.
T. F. O'Rahilly had earlier rejected the identification of" Gartnait son of Áedán" with the eponym of the Skye kindred who is called Gartnait son of Accidán in the Irish annals.
The most recent study, by Fraser, rejects the existence of Gartnait son of Áedán outright, presuming this person to have been a genealogical fiction created in the early 8th century to bolster the ambitions of Cenél n Gartnait, descendants of Gartnait son of Accidán, to rule in Kintyre.
Artuir mac Áedán
Artuir mac Áedáin or Artúr mac Áedán was son of Áedán mac Gabráin and a prince of Dál Riata between the 6th and 7th centuries.
Artuir was probably a war leader fighting Picts at the northern and eastern borders of the kingdom.
He and his brother Eochaid Find were killed at the battle of Miathi. around 580-596 AD.
Artuir Mac Aedan is considered a candidate for the historical Arthur.
The argument for his candidature rises from his name's root(" Art"), his role as war leader and his emergence as the first verifiable" Art" in time and space after the Historia Brittonum and the Annales Cambriae Arthurian citations.
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Áedán mac Gabráin
Áedán mac Gabráin (pronounced in Old Irish) was a king of Dál Riata from c. 574 until c. 609.
The kingdom of Dál Riata was situated in modern Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and parts of County Antrim, Ireland.
Genealogies record that Áedán was a son of Gabrán mac Domangairt.
He was a contemporary of Saint Columba, and much that is recorded of his life and career comes from hagiography such as Adomnán of Iona's "Life of Saint Columba".
Áedán appears as a character in Old Irish and Middle Irish language works of prose and verse, some now lost.
The Irish annals record Áedán's campaigns against his neighbours, in Ireland, and in northern Britain, including expeditions to the Orkney Islands, the Isle of Man, and the east coast of Scotland.
As recorded by Bede, Áedán was decisively defeated by Æthelfrith of Bernicia at the Battle of Degsastan.
Áedán may have been deposed, or have abdicated, following this defeat.
His date of death is recorded by one source as 17 April 609.
Báetán mac Cairill
Báetán mac Cairill,( died 581), was king of the Dál Fiatach, and high- king of Ulaid, from c. 572 until his death.
He was the son of Cairell mac Muiredaig Muinderg( died 532) and brother of Demmán mac Cairill( died 572), previous Kings of Ulaid.
According to some sources, he was high- king of Ireland.
Báetán sought to impose his authority over Dál Riata in Scotland, and over the Isle of Man.
Medieval Ulster genealogists describe him as" rí Érenn ocus Alban"( king of Ireland and Scotland), and quote from a poem, now lost, which has him receiving tribute from Munster, Connaught, Skye and the Isle of Man.
This is probably to overstate his power, and represents what it meant to be high- king in much later times, rather than in Báetán's day.
Báetán is said to have forced the king of Dál Riata to pay homage to him at Rinn Seimne on Islandmagee near Larne, modern County Antrim possibly in 574 or early 575.
Áedán mac Gabráin is thought to be the king in question, and Ulster sources say that Báetán collected tribute from Scotland.
Báetán's power can best be judged by actions of his enemies, Áed mac Ainmuirech of Northern Uí Néill and Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata.
In 575, at Druim Cett, these two met and made an alliance, fostered by the future Saint Columba, a member of the Cenél Conaill like Áed, to oppose Báetán's attempts to increase his power by extending Dál Fiatach influence beyond the isle of Ireland.
The" Annals of Ulster" record an expedition of the Ulaid to the Isle of Man in 577 and their return in 578 in which Báetán imposed his authority on the island.
In 582 after his death, the annals record the taking of Man by Áedán mac Gabráin.
Báetán was unable to achieve his ends, but he was not be the last king of the Ulaid to seek conquests and allies overseas.
Fiachnae mac Báetáin of the Dál n Araidi would follow the same path in the 620s and Congal Cáech in the 630s.
Báetán was married to a woman of the Ui Tuitre( a tribe of the Airgialla west of Lough Neagh in modern County Tyrone) with whom he may have had an alliance.
Báetán's descendants did not hold the kingship which became the monopoly of his brother's descendants, the Clan Demmáin.
His sons were killed by their cousin Máel Dúin mac Fiachnai.
This is recorded in the annals in the year 605 where it is said they were slain by their uterine brother.
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Dúnchad mac Conaing
Dúnchad mac Conaing( or Dúnchad mac Dubáin)( died 654) was king of Dál Riata( modern western Scotland).
He was joint ruler with Conall Crandomna until he was defeated and killed by Talorcan, king of the Picts, in the battle of Strath Ethairt.
Sources differ on Dúnchad's patronym and thus his presumed ancestry.
The death of Dúnchad mac Conaing in battle is reported in the Annals of Tigernach in 654:" ... there fell Dúnchad, son of Conaing, and Congal, son of Ronan".
John Bannerman, proposed that this Dúnchad was the same person as the Dúnchad or Dúngal who is found as joint ruler with Conall Crandomna.
Dúnchad mac Conaing appears in the Senchus fer n-Alban:" These are the sons of Conaing, son of Áedán .i. Rigallán, Ferchar, Artán, Artúr," Dondchad", Domungart, Nechtan, Ném, Crumíne.
However, the" Synchronisms of Flann Mainistrech" list Dúnchad mac Dubáin as king, while the" Duan Albanach" associated one Dúngal with Conall.
Dubán may be a hypocoristic form of Dub, and represent a byname(" little Black").
An alternative reconstruction made Dúnchad a descendant of Áedán mac Gabráin's passed- over brother Eoganán.
He is presumed to have had at least one son, Conall Cáel( died 681), and it is possible that he was the grandfather, or great- grandfather by some readings, of Fiannamail ua Dúnchado and an ancestor of Dúnchad Bec.
Gabrán mac Domangairt
Gabrán mac Domangairt (Old Welsh: "Gawran map Dinwarch") or Gabrán the Traitor ("Gwran Wradouc") was king of Dál Riata, Ulaid, in the mid-6th century.
He is the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin.
Gabrán was the son of Domangart Réti.
The historical evidence for Gabrán is limited to the notice of his death in the Irish and Welsh annals.
It is possible that Gabrán's death should be linked to a migration or flight from Bridei mac Maelchon, but this may be no more than coincidence.

Question: Who is Áedán Mac Gabráin's paternal grandfather?
Answer: Domangart Réti