Domangart mac Fergus, Rí na Dál Riata

Alert – Arguments can be made for the historicity of Domangart, but his supposed father, Fergus, is legendary. His profile can be accessed by clicking here.
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Wikipedia also has a webpage for Fergus Mór mac Eirc. It confirms, "While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland from Cináed mac Ailpín until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór." (Ken Shelley, July 2022)
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Please see Darrell Wolcott: Bridei and Domlech, "Children" of Maelgwn Gwynedd; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id281.html. (Steven Ferry, July 24, 2021.)
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Please see the following hyperlinked source cued to begin at the death of mythical Fergus Mór:

Anderson, Alan Orr. 1922. “Establishment of the Kingdoms of Dalriata and Northumbria”, Early Sources of Scottish History, A.D. 500 to 1286], Vol. 1, Pt. 1.
Note: There is a 2018 reprint of this book – supposedly with edits to correct errata et al. (Ken Shelley, July 2022)

enWikipedia (last edited May 2022) Domangart Réti
Domangart Réti was king of Dál Riata in the early 6th century, following the death of his father, Fergus Mór.

He had at least two sons: Comgall and Gabrán, both of whom became kings in succession. The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick states that he was present at the death of the saint, c. 493. Domangart died around 507 and was succeeded by Comgall.

His byname, Réti, appears in Adomnán's Life of Saint Columba, in the form Corcu Réti, perhaps a synonym for Dál Riata. Corcu, a Primitive Irish language term for a kin group, usually combined with the name of a divine or mythical ancestor, is apparently similar to the term Dál. Alternatively, rather than representing an alternative name for all of Dál Riata, it has been suggested Corcu Réti was the name given to the kin group which later divided to form the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre and the Cenél Comgaill of Cowal, thus excluding the Cenél nÓengusa of Islay and the Cenél Loairn of middle and northern Argyll.
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enWikipedia (last edited Apr 2022) "List of kings of Dál Riata"
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University of Corpus of Electronic Texts. The Annals of Tigernach.
University of Corpus of Electronic Texts. The Annals of Ulster.
University of Corpus of Electronic Texts. Annals of Inisfallen.

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Notes for Domangart I Of Argyll King Of Dalriada

Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (170:3).

The following is taken from an Internet posting of Michael R. Davidson of Edinburgh. Scotland, on 23 Oct 1995:

Domangart mac Fergus

Domangart succeeded to the kingship upon his father's death in 501. The _Senchus_ and other sources note that Feidelm Fotchain bore Domangart two sons. According to the genealogies, Feidelm was the daughter of Brian mac Eochaid Mugmedon, the ancestor of the kings of Airgialla, in the northern part of Ireland. Annals make no mention of Domangart excepting his death in 507, and he was succeeded by his son Comgall. Children:

1. Comgall died in 538, and was succeeded by his brother Gabran. 2. *Gabran.

O'Hart inserts a generation between DOMANGART and GABHRAN - Eochaidh (d.535).

http://www.southing.net/BondFam019%20Web%20Cards/PS02/PS02_132.HTM

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Based on merged profiles,
Born circa 460, 472 or 476 in Dal Riata
Died circa 504, 506 or 560

King of Dál Riata (aka Dalriada or Dalriata) - parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dál_Riata -SPF

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Domangart the First of Dalriada, also known as Domangart mac Fergus, was the King of Dalriada from about 501-507, following his father's death. Domangart married Feldem Foltchain, daughter of Brion, son of Eochaid Mugmedon. Brion was an older half -brother of the famous Niall of the Nine Hostages. This marriage is in good agreement with the revised chronology of Carney" Studies in Irish Literature and History" for the fifth century, which puts the death of Niall at about 542.

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Dongard, King of Dalriada, d. 506
Father: Fergus Mor, King of Dalriada, b. ca. 434, d. 501
His Gaelic name was Domangart.
Spouse: Fedelm Foltchain
Father: Brion
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Children
Comghall, d. 537
Gabran "the Treacherous", King of Dalriada, m. Ingenach, d. 559, He became King of Dalriada, ca. 538 in >Dungad, Scotland

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King of Dál Riata, early sixth century.

Domangart is given a reign of 5 years by both the Duan Albanach [Duan Albanach 131] and the king lists [Poppleton MS, Lists "D", ,"F", "I", "K", KKES, 253, 264, 270, 281, 286], a reign length which agrees with the annals (which, however, are probably not contemporary for this period, and quite possibly also not independent of the king lists). For the epithet of mac Nisse (see below), see the page of his father Fergus, who is given the same epithet.

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"Ancestral Roots of Sixty New England Colonists" {Frederick L. Weis, Lancaster, Mass., 1950, p. 132} - Domangart ruled Dalrieda, now part of Scotland, 499-504.

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SOURCES:

1) GENEALOGY: Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons; Page 228; G929.72;

C6943ra; Denver Public Library; Genealogy

Donart, King of Scots 499-504

2) GENEALOGY: Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons; Page; 226; G929.72;

C6943ra; Denver Public Library; Genealogy

3) [S10178] "History of Dal Riada by Helen McSkimming copyright 1992.".

4) Download, http://www.islandregister.com/macdonaldskye.html Partially extracted from "The Lords of The Isles" by Ronald Williams and "Skye Pioneers and the Island" by Malcolm A. MacQueen, public records and info from various sources too numerous to mention. Grateful thanks to all who contributed..

5) Download, http://www.ed.ac.uk/~gar/FamilyHistory/links/I851.html.

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Donart . Married Fedelmia MOGMEDON, daughter of Eochy

        MOGMEDON.  !GENEALOGY: Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons;

Page; 226; G929.72; C6943ra; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
Children of Donart and Fedelmia MOGMEDON:
3 i Gabhran (Goranus)

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Donart . Married Fedelmia MOGMEDON, daughter of Eochy

        MOGMEDON.  !GENEALOGY: Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons;

Page; 226; G929.72; C6943ra; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
Children of Donart and Fedelmia MOGMEDON:
3 i Gabhran (Goranus)

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   Fergus MorMac Earca King of Dalriada, Argyle, and Scotland. He died in 501.

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Domangart mac Fergus

Domangart succeeded to the kingship upon his father's death in 501. The _Senchus_ and other sources note that Feidelm Fotchain bore Domangart two sons. According to the genealogies, Feidelm was the daughter of Brian mac Eochaid Mugmedon, the ancestor of the kings of Airgialla, in the northern part of Ireland. Annals make no mention of Domangart excepting his death in 507, and he was succeeded by his son Comgall. Children:

1. Comgall died in 538, and was succeeded by his brother Gabran. 2. *Gabran.

http://www.southing.net/BondFam019%20Web%20Cards/PS02/PS02_132.HTM

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