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Dál Riata
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Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland
Key facts
- Capital
- Dunadd
- Common languages
- Old Gaelic
- Religion
- Christianity , Ancient Celtic religion
- Demonym
- Scoti
- Government
- Monarchy
- 498 501
- Fergus Mór (first)
- 841 850
- Cináed mac Ailpin (last)
- Historical era
- Early Middle Ages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Dalriada
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0843-00-00
- native label
- Dál Riata
- inception
- 0498-00-00
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Today part of United Kingdom Northern Ireland
Scotland
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Kenneth MacAlpin
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Breton nationalism
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Iverni
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O'Donnell dynasty
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Irish clan
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Vikings
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Ancient Celts
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tribe
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Welsh people
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Pictish
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Helvetii
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Aedui
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Celtic polytheism
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Æthelfrith of Northumbria
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Hen Ogledd
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Manx people
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Insular art
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Fergus Mór
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Irish folk music
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list of kings of Dál Riata
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Categories
6th-century establishments in Scotland840s disestablishments9th-century disestablishments in EuropeÉrainnFormer countries in EuropeFormer countries in the British IslesFormer monarchies of EuropeGaelic-Irish nations and dynastiesGaelsHistory of Argyll and ButeKingdoms of medieval IrelandKings of Dál RiataScotland in the Early Middle AgesStates and territories disestablished in the 9th centuryStates and territories established in the 6th centuryUlaid