title: The Eircs and the foundation legend of Scottish Dál Riata
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metadata.value: Fyodorov, Sergey Egorovich
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-05-18T12:56:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-05-18T12:56:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Fyodorov S. E. The Eircs and the foundation legend of Scottish Dál Riata. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 57–68.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2017.105
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6363
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines one of the surviving variants of the foundation legend of Scottish Dál Riata, emphasising
  the version described in “Senchus Fer n-Alban” (The History of Men of Scotland). Identifying
  the extent to which Irish historical sagas (“The seed of Conaire” and “About the sons of Conaire”),
  “The Life of Saint Féichín”, as well as fragments of Yellow Book of Lecan influenced the genealogical
  introduction to “Senchus”, the author shows how this lore was adapted to the version of the legend
  presented there. The adapted version excluded any personification connected with both the sons of
  Eirc and with Fergus Mór himself. It is exclusively centered round the idea of exodus of part of Dál
  Riata from Ireland and round the proof of the ethnic and political homogeneity of both parts of the
  kingdom. The notion of the links between Dál Riata and the Eircs cannot have originated before the
  Alpínid dynasty took interest in their Irish descent. It was only within this context that Fergus himself
  and his brothers were invested with the features necessary for their functionally essential role as the
  first Irish colonists who had set foot on Scottish lands. Thus, the monarchy with which the Alpínid
  kingdom was directly associated turned out to be Irish. Therefore, the key figures who determined
  the links of Kenneth MacAlpin’s descendants with territorial political groups of Ireland were: firstly,
  Conaire Mór and the whole tradition originating from him; secondly, Fiachu Fer Mara, a legendary
  ancestor of the royal dynasty of Dál Fiatach, the rulers of Ulaid; thirdly, Oengus Tuirmech, one of the
  most prominent ancestors of the royal family of Ui Néill; forth, Ugaine Már, one of the common ancestors
  for all of the most influential Irish royal lineages; and finally Míl Espáine, one of the legendary
  characters of Irish epics. Refs 33.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This article has been written with support from the Russian National Fund for the Humanities (RGHF)
  (grant N 16-01-00108а).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Early mediaeval Scotland and Ireland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dál Riata
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the foundation legends of Dál Riata
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Gaelic kindreds
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Eircs and the foundation legend of Scottish Dál Riata
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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