Fergus Mór mac Eirc
legendary king of Dál Riata
445 CE to 501 CE
Fergus Mór mac Eirc (Scottish Gaelic: Fergus Mòr Mac Earca) is a legendary king of Dál Riata.
He is the son of Erc.
While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt.
Rulers of Scotland from Cináed mac Ailpín until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór (Fergus the Great).
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Irish king Fergus Mór mac Eirc, supposedly shipwrecked off the northeastern coast of Ireland, gives his name to a town on the north shore of Belfast Lough called Carrickfergus ("Rock of Fergus").
The historicity of Mór is doubtful.
Domangart Réti succeeds his father Fergus Mór after he dies during a campaign against the Picts.
He becomes the new king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland).
This according to the Annals of Tigernach.