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THE GENEALOGIE OF THE CAMPBELLS 77
by-name the foot * of the forrest because he was a wild
imdauntoned person. He was maried to a sister of King
Aiden the 49 King of Scotland being son to the forenamed
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Coranus who was Contemporaneous with King Arthor
as sd. is. This King Aiden was a good verteus and pious
King being contemporaneous with Columbus pius 2 called
in Irish Collum Kille, who founded the Abbacy of Icolumkille
in Mull.
This King Aiden was crowned anno 570 their being 35
years interveening betwixt his father's death and his
coronation, viz. the reign of Eugenius the 3d who rang
23 years, of Congallus the 2d who rang 11 years, and of
Kinetellus who rang 1 year, all whose reigns makes 35.
Now consider that his father Coranus died anno 535 which
with the former 35 makes 570 which was the year Aiden
began to reign whose sister was maried to Sr. Smerevie-
more of whom he begat fferither uor. 3
fferrither uor 3- fferrither.
son to Smereviemore mariecT(as Neill mc Eun saith) a \
daughter of the Duke of Valentia, of whom he begot
Duibhnemore, from whom some reckons the name of
Clannoduibhne.
This Duibhnemore is said to have maried a daughter of 4. Duibhne-
Duke Murdoch of Moravia or Elgin's daughter [sic] of whom more '
he had Arthor oig that is young Arthor of whose mariage 5. Arthoroig.
I have no account. He had a son called fferrither olla
(or I think rather fferrither elle, 4 that is the other fferrither 6. fferrither
Ele '
because there was a former fferrither who was his great
grand father), some reckons this fferrither to have married
a daughter of Diarmid oduibhn who was a great man in
Ireland and to have had of her his son Duibhne fait dhearg,
to which I cannot so readily agree 1st because thereby
diverse generations contained in the genealogicall tree
1 In MS. B the name is ' fool of the forest. \
2 So called according to MS. B, 'because when he retired from company they
were always sure to find him in his cell at prayer.' The epithet also appears in.
the old couplet
—
' Hi tres in Duno tumulo tumulantur in uno.
Brigida, Patricius, atque Columba Pius.'
3 Gaelic od/iar= dun coloured or pale. 4 Gaelic eile = other.