Talk:Kingdom of Cat

The kingdom originated in 800AD, but its last king died in 697?
A bit confused. The start says "Cait or Cat was a legendary Pictish kingdom originating c. AD 800"

It then says

"After the death of its last king, Taran mac Ainftech, in 697, it was absorbed into the broader Pictish kingdom."

How can it be absorbed 103 years before its origin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.29.78 (talk) 12:37, 7 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for spotting this. I removed the sentence about Taran mac Ainftech, which was unsourced. Ben   Mac  Dui  19:33, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Isle of Eigg was within Cat?
Prof. Hudson points out notes to the early 10th century Felire Oengusa says the following: "Ega .i. nomen fontis hi Cattaib i tuaisciurt Alban, et ibi Donnan cum suis martyrium subiit, ..." and goes on to tell of his death due to the envy of rich woman.

and: "Donnan Egha .i. Egha ainm abainn fil i n-Albain. No oilen, 7 is annside ata Donnan, fw ic Cataib i tuascert Alban, et ibi Donnan sanctus cum sua familia obiit .i. lu." "Donnan of Eig, i.e. Egha is the name of a river in Scotland. Or it is an island, and 'tis there is Donnan, or in Caithness in the north of Scotland, and there holy Donnan died with his community, to wit, fifty-five."

followed by: "Ega .i. proprium (nomen) loci, is ann roches Donnan. [in marg.] .i. nomen fontis in All Saxainib nb hi Cataib, et ibi ob[i]it Donnan cum sua familia .iiii. ar choicait, passus est. L." "Ega, i.e. the proper name of a place. 'Tis there that Donnan suffered : the name of a fountain in All-Saxain, or in Caithness, and there Donnan, cum sua familiar fifty-four (in number), passus est."

Bràighe Chat ‘the Upland of Cat’
I read that Braychat is from Bràighe Chat (meaning ‘the Upland of Cat’). And the lands of Braychat are here defined as Creich, Strath Oykell, Strath Carron, Freevater and Glenbeg, i.e. extending south and west through the province of Ross from within the Sutherland marches into the far high hills east of Loch Broom, with a ‘hall’ in lonely Glenbeg surrounded by an impregnable mountain rampart: in short, what would later become the two huge parishes of Creich and Kincardine.

Mormaer of Cat
Morair Chat was the Gaelic name for the Earl of Sutherland.