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 Hello ! I was supposed to be working on a narrative for Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, but it was giving me a headache, so I messed around with a few of your kings of Dál Riata, in particular Selbach, Muiredach, Eochaid mac Eochada, Ainbcellach and the shadowy Alpin mac Eochada. I've about done Dungal, but it isn't changed yet. Please have a look, and do feel free to laugh at my sloppy research and woolly thinking.  

 Could you update Eochaid with the meaning of his epithet Angbhadh, if you know what it means ? My Gaelic skills are pretty much nonexistent, but I wondered if it meant something like stormy or dangerous. If you have any better information on who sent the fleet to Ireland in 733 (or maybe 734), please do fix up Alpin and Eochaid accordingly. I had a look in Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, but it wasn't decisive. Do you have any information on Dúnchad Becc of Dalriada (yes, a red link, see Selbach) ? And finally, if you have a lot of info on the Scots, is the entry ""Béc nepos Duncadho iugulatus"" in the Annals of Ulster for 707 anything to do with them ? The 700 entry announcing the death of Fiannamail says ""Fiannamail nepos Dunchado"". Pretty close, yes, but is it close enough ? Cheers !  "