A History of the Highlands And of the Highland Clans volume 1
A History of the Highlands And of the Highland Clans volume 1
James E Brown
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SCOTO-IIlIs-H KIXGS. 63 wei'O little connected with the central clans and still less considered by the Pictish government, whicli, perhaps, was not yet sufficiently refin- ed to be very jealous of its rights, or to be promptly resentful of its wrongs ; and that Drest- Gurthinmoch then reigned over the Picts, and certainly resided at a great distance, beyond Drum-Albin. It is also to be observed, in further corroboration of this view, that Lorn, Fergus, and Angus, brought few followers with them...; and though they were doubtless joined by subsequent colonists, they were, for some time, oc- cupied with the necessary, but uninteresting labours of settlement within their appropriate districts. Ceantir was the portion of Fergus, Lorn possessed Lorn to which he gave his name, and Angus is sup- posed to have colonized Ila, for it was enjoyed by Muredach, the son of Angus, after his decease. Thus these three princes or chiefs had each his own tribe and territory, according to the accustomed usage of the Celts; a system which involved them frequently in the miseries of civil war, and in questions of disputed succession.
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