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was his son Erc who died in 474).
This is line taken from the Book of Leinster (see CGH p.328-9) and two
contemporary pedigrees of William the Lion published in Skene's
"Chronicles of the Picts and Scots", considered by Luke Stevens, who has
thoroughly compared the various sources, as being probably the most
accurate available.
The following is taken from an Internet posting of Michael R. Davidson of
Edinburgh. Scotland, on 23 Oct 1995:
II. The Dal Riata and the Pseudo-Historical Section
The Dal Riata, the people from which the Scottish kings are descended
from, were originally settled on the north east coast of Ireland.
Perhaps as early as the third century, and no later than the fifth century,
they began to settle on the west coast of what is now Scotland. It is in
the late fifth century that the names in the genealogy begin to take on
some historical credibility. In any case, the ruling dynasty of the Dal
Riata had established itself in the area corresponding to modern Argyll
by the late fifth century. The most important information for this period
is the text, probably first written in the seventh century, known as the
_Senchus Fer nAlban_, or 'History of the Men of Scotland.' Its early
material however, seems to have far too neat an appearance. Rather than
make a fruitless effort to separate fact from fiction, I will instead
quote from the _Senchus_, and let the reader come up with their own
conclusions. (The genealogies make Eochaid Munremar a son of Oengus
Fir, the last name in the above section.)
Two sons of Eochaid Munremar .i. Erc and Olchu. Erc, moreover, had
twelve sons .i. six of them took possession of Scotland .i. two
Loarnds
.i. Loarnd Bec and Loarnd Mor, two Mac Nisses .i. Mac Nisse Becc and
Mac Nisse Mor, two Ferguses .i. Fergus Bec and Fergus Mor. Six others
in Ireland .i. Mac Decill, Oengus, whose seed, however, is in Scotland,
Enna, Bresal, Fiachra, Dubthach. Others say that this Erc had another
son who was called Muredach.
Olchu, son of Eochaid Munremar, had, moreover, eleven sons who
live in Murbolc in Dal Riata, Muredach Bolc, Aed, Dare, Oengus, Tuathal,
Anbolmaid, Eochaid, Setna, Brian, Oinu, Cormac. (Translation Bannerman)