Domnall Brecc (Welsh: Dyfnwal Frych; English: Donald the Freckled) (died 642 in Strathcarron) was king of Dál Riata, in modern Scotland, from about 629 until 642. He was the son of Eochaid Buide. He was counted as Donald II of Scotland by the scholar Fraxinius.
He first appears in 622, when the Annals of Tigernach report his presence at the battle of Cend Delgthen (probably in the east midlands of Ireland) as an ally of Conall Guthbinn of Clann Cholmáin. This is the only battle known where Domnall Brecc fought on the winning side.
Domnall suffered four defeats after he broke Dál Riata's alliance with the Cenél Conaill clan of the Uí Néill. In Ireland, Domnall and his ally Congal Cáech of the Dál nAraidi were defeated by Domnall mac Áedo of the Cenél Conaill, the High King of Ireland, at the Battle of Mag Rath (Moira, County Down) in 637. He also lost to the Picts in 635 and 638 and lastly to Eugein I of Alt Clut at Strathcarron in 642, where he was killed.
A stanza interpolated into the ancient Welsh poem Y Gododdin refers to these events:
I saw an array that came from Pentir,
And bore themselves splendidly around the conflagration.
I saw a second one, rapidly descending from their township,
Who had risen at the word of the grandson of Nwython.[1]
I saw great sturdy men who came with the dawn,
And the head of Dyfnwal Frych, ravens gnawed it.
Domnall's son Domangart mac Domnaill was later to be king of Dál Riata and from him the later kings of the Cenél nGabráin were descended. A second son, Cathasach, died c. 650, and a grandson of Domnall, also called Cathasach, died c. 688.
DomnallBrecc (Welsh: Dyfnwal Frych; English: Donald the Freckled) (died 642 in Strathcarron) was king of Dál Riata, in modern Scotland, from about 629...
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led by Eugein son of Beli defeated the men of Dál Riata and killed DomnallBrecc, grandson of Áedán, at Strathcarron, and this victory is also recorded...
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an epithet. The death of Eochu nepos Domnaill (Eochaid grandson of DomnallBrecc) is reported in the Annals of Ulster for 697, slain by Fiannamail ua...
the Northumbrian king Oswiu. Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of DomnallBrecc, who was king of Dál Riata from c. 629 until he was killed in 642. The...
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him a reign of 16 years, which may mean that he ruled jointly with DomnallBrecc before becoming sole king, but the reign lengths of the Duan are problematic...
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Northumbria. Serious defeats in Ireland and Scotland in the time of DomnallBrecc (d. 642) ended Dál Riata's golden age, and the kingdom became a client...
the battle of Fid Eoin, DomnallBrecc, grand-son of Áedán mac Gabráin, ascended to the kingship of Dál Riata. DomnallBrecc, possibly in an attempt to...
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an alliance between Congal Cláen and DomnallBrecc of the Dál Riata was defeated, and Congal was killed, by Domnall mac Aedo of the northern Uí Néill at...
the Northumbrian king Oswiu. Gartnait and Drest may have been sons of DomnallBrecc, who was king of Dál Riata from c. 629 until he was killed in 642. The...
record that a Hoan or Oan, King of the Britons, defeated and killed DomnallBrecc of Dál Riata at a place called Srath Caruin (Strathcarron) in 642. A...
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