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cxxxviii PREFACE. or the Church of Greig. He seems, therefore, to have founded a church among the Picts of Maghcircin ; and, when expelled from the kingdom, to have taken refuge among the Picts of Fortren, where he was slain at Dundurn. His omission by the "Irish " Annals," and the " Albanic Duan," rather favour the conclusion that he was not of the Scottish race, and that the omission of his name by the " Albanic " Duan" was intentional, appears from this, that fourteen years have been added to the reign of Con- stantine, making the whole period of his reign thirty years, so as to extend his reign, and that of his suc- cessor, over the period of that of Grig. If Grig had completed his eighth year on 16th June 885, this places his accession in 877, which agrees sufficiently well with the dates in the " Irish Annals ; " his eleventh year would be completed in 888, his twelfth in 889, and his eighteenth in 895. Kings of Aiban. His succcssor Douald, son of Constantine, son of Donald, son of Kenneth Mac Alpm, is said by the "Pictish Chro- Constantm. ■•■ •' " nicle " to have ruled eleven years, and his death is placed by the "Irish Annals" in 900, which places his ascension in 889, after the expulsion of Grig and Eocha, while the death of Grig at Dun- durn would fall in the seventh year of his reign. It is remarkable that the " Albanic Duan," though ignoring Grig, gives Donald a reign of only four years, thus commencing at that date, St. Berchan terms this king An Garbh, the rough, and gives him a reign of nine years, but interposes a king