Talk:Gigha

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[edit] Gi-haris

I have never heard of a pronunciation gi-haris. Can anyone confirm this to be accurate? Ben MacDui 08:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I now note that this information was provided by User:195.93.32.13 who was later blocked for contributing childish vandalism. I will remove the reference. Ben MacDui 09:00, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gigha, seat of power for Conall mac Comgall, 6th century.

I have added a paragraph outlining the case for Gigha being the site of the Battle of Deglon in 574 and the possible seat of the Dalriadan king, Conall mac Comgall.

Any comments are welcome. Karl Craig 02:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Its a useful addition. I have made the reference tag consistent with the rest of the page. Can you say which Society it is the proceedings of? I couldn't see anything obvious. The article has expanded now to the point where some re-organising and sections might be useful which I may have a go at later. Ben MacDui (Talk) 10:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Alan Orr Anderson's Early Sources of Scottish History (I, 78) doesn't give a gloss for Delgu/Deloch/Teloch. Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson's Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland (149() says the battle was in Kintyre and presumes that the aggressor was probably Báetán mac Cairill. Bannerman's Studies in the History of Dalriada (80) also places the battle in Kintyre. The Annals agree on Kintyre as well: "Cath Delgon a Cínd Tire"; "Bellum Telocho i Ciunn Tire". Watson's The Place-Names of Celtic Scotland (497) says delgu is "thorny place". If Skene thought Delgu was on Gigha, that's worth mentioning, but, like a lot of his geographical guess-work, it doesn't seem to have left much impression. The Onomasticon Godelicum at CELT/Documents of Ireland (http://www.ucc.ie:8080/cocoon/doi/locus/D which rarely works but is cached by Google) gives "Delgon: Cath D. in Cenn-tíre, Cps. 67; ¶ cath Delgan in Kantire, Of. 473; ¶ cath Delgenn .i. Telocho i Ciunntíre, Adr. 371." That's helpful! Cheers, Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)