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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
- Instance of
- historical country
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Head of state
- list of kings of Dál Riata
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- replaced by
- Kingdom of Alba
- Commons category
- Dalriada
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0843-00-00
- native label
- Dál Riata
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- inception
- 0498-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part of United Kingdom Northern Ireland
Scotland
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dál Riata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.