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Selbach mac Ferchair

d. 730 · 8th century

Selbach mac Ferchair was a king of Dál Riata from the Cenél Loairn, who died in 730. A son of Ferchar Fota, he destroyed the fortress of Dunollie in 701 and fought the rival Cenél nGabráin, losing to them in 719 in one of the earliest recorded sea battles in British waters. He entered religious life in 723.

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Cenel Loairn

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