Domnal of Dalriada
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Domnal of Dalriada, also known as Domnal Brecc the Freckled, was king of Dalriada from c. 629 until 642. He was the son of Eochaid I. Domnal broke Dalriada's alliance with the Uí Néill (High Kings of Ireland).
He suffered four great defeats which his contemporaries blamed on his breaking of faith with the Uí Néill kinsmen of St. Columba. In Ireland Domnal was defeated by the Uí Néill at Mag Rath in 637. He lost to the Picts in 635 and 638 and finally, and fatally, to the Strathclyde Britons at Strathcarron in 642.
| Preceded by: Connad | King of Dalriada | Succeeded by: Ferchar I |