6th Century

Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata), a Gaelic overkingdom,

[118]

~550 CE

included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in



Ireland (across the North Channel). In the late 6th and early 7th



centuries it encompassed roughly what is present-day Argyll and



Lochaber in (western) Scotland and County Antrim in Ulster.



[and] Scots/Scott in northern Ireland, present-day County Antrim

[119]


[and] Clan MacInnes in Dalriada (‘Mac Innes’, son of Angus)

[120]




8th Century

Ireland before the Vikings, the Golden Age, monastic expansion;

[121]


The Book of Kells, by Columban monks (refugees from Iona),

[122]


produced ca.800 in a monastery at Kells, County Meath, now



on display in the Old Library at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD)





9th Century

Vikings in Ireland: “Viking” (from the Old Norse vikingr) means

[123]

800’s CE

“sea-rover” or “pirate”, from present-day Norway and Denmark.

[124]

and 900’s CE

They built fortified encampments along the coast, overwintering in

[125]


Ireland instead of retreating to Scandinavia or British bases

[126]

917 to 1014 CE

Dublin was the largest city in the Viking world, with trading from

[127]


Iceland to Constantinople [and Viking Y-DNA is known R1a’s]


c.941 - 1014 CE

Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, founder of the O'Brien dynasty

[128]




11th Century

24 generations: McAninch, TMRCA, 99% (98.69% - 99.42%)

[52]

est.1030-1270

(Y-DNA, Time to Most-Recent Common Ancestor calculations)

[59]




12th Century

Lord of the Isles: Somerled, first Lord of the Isles, b.ca.1105,

[129]

b.ca.1105

(northern) Ireland, son of Gillebride of Clan Angus; died 1164,

[130]


in the Battle of Renfrew, probably buried at Iona [prob. R1a1a]

[131]

c.1150–1177

Royal Stewart's of Scotland: The title of High Steward or

[132]


Great Steward was given in the 12th century to Walter Fitzalan



whose descendants became the House of Stewart. R1b-L744


1169

Norman arrival in Ireland in 1169: Irish Roots: Norman surnames

[133]




13th Century

20 generations: McAninch, TMRCA, 96% (94.44% - 97.61%)

[52]

est.1180-1385

(Y-DNA, Time to Most-Recent Common Ancestor calculations)

[58]




14th Century

The Black Death, 1348-1350, bubonic plague / pneumatic plague

[134]




15th Century

The “genealogical time frame” begins, referring to the period



since surname adoption, roughly since about the 1400-1500's.



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McAninch Y-DNA Status Report 2016: Timeline: 4 of 5: Dál Riata, Clan, McAninch TMRCA’s

McAninch Family History NL v.XXIV n.1 / April 2016 / Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2016-13


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