MACEOCHAID Erc

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• Name	MACEOCHAID Erc
  Birth	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	0474	Scotland
  Notes	Erc of Dalriada Erc Derg was born in the kingdom of Leinster, Ireland [1] Erc of Dalriada ruled the Irish Gaelic kingdom of Dalriada. His parents are said to have been Eochaid Muinremuir and Erca, a daughter of Loarn mac Eirc. [2] Erc of Dalriada passed away in 474. He was the father of three sons who went to Alba (present day Scotland) and re-established control of the Dal Riata. These three children were Fergus Mór, Loarn, and Aengus. [2][3] From an old poem, the Duan Albanach [4] The three sons of Erc son of Eochaidh, the valiant, Three who obtained the blessing of Patrick, Took Alban, exalted their courage, Loarn, Feargus and Aongus. Other sources cite a total of 12 sons. These six went to conquer Alba: Lorn beg, Lorn mor, Macmisi beg, Macmisi mor, Fergus beg, and Fergus mor. The other sons were Macdeicill Angus, Alban, Enna, Bresal, Fiachra, and Dubthach.[5] It is during his reign that Scottish Dalriada began to split from the Irish side. Up until that time Dalriada consisted of two halves: the area that is now County Antrim in Ireland, and what was called Scotia Minor, now Argyll, in Scotland. The name "Argyll" means "coastline of the Gaels". Erc was the progenitor of the kings of Dalriada, starting with his three sons. Succession followed the Irish law of Tanistry, which would often result in alternating succession from different branches from the same family. [6] Sources ↑ Descendants of Milesius of Spain, King of Braganza Father of the Irish Race The High Kings of Ireland - number 63 in the fifty-third Generation : Descendants of Milesius of Spain, King of Braganza Father of the Irish Race The High Kings of Ireland ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia, (http:www.wikipedia.com: accessed 25 May 2015), "Erc of Dalriada," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc_of_Dalriada. ↑ Alan O. Anderson, Scottish annals from English chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286 (London: D. N. Nutt, 1908), p. 20, https://archive.org/stream/scottishannalsfr00ande#page/n20/mode/1up, digital images, Open Library (https://openlibrary.org : accessed 8 June 2015). ↑ The Duan Albanach trans: William F. Skene ↑ William F. Skene, Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots (Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1867), p. 308, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=XVkJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA308, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 14 June 2015). ↑ William F. Skene, Celtic Scotland: a History of Ancient Alban, Volume 1: History and Ethnology (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1876), p. digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=ErQHAAAAQAAJ. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 27 March 2015). O'Hart - Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation pg.39 web page 79
  Person ID	I59355	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	MUINREMUR Eochaidh,   b. Abt 0370, Dalriada, Argyll, Scotland d. Abt 0439, Ireland (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	NICLOARN Erca,   b. Abt 0430, Ireland d. Abt 0480, Ireland (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. mac ERC Fergus Mór,   b. Abt 0450, Kingdom of Dál Riata (Ireland) d. Abt 0506, Kingdom of Dál Riata (Scotland) (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026