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The verse is written in Old Irish and has four lines, each of seven syllables, grouped into two rhyming pairs. [2]It exists as part of a detached section of the Lebor Bretnach called "Concerning Pictish Origins" (Old Irish: Do Bunad Cruithnech) that was added to the main text at the same time as the related list of Pictish Kings was extended forward to include Causantín son of Cinaed, and ...
Dunfermline (/ d ʌ n ˈ f ɜːr m l ɪ n / ⓘ; Scots: Dunfaurlin, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries. [7]
Dunfermline Abbey. The Benedictine priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1128 by David II, with Prior Geoffrey in place as the first abbot. [2] [3] During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted by the individuals and guilds and the bishop of Dunfermline controlled a large piece of land from Moray to ...
Pictish kingdoms "Cruidne the son of Cinge, father of the Picts living in this island, ruled for 100 years. He had 7 sons. These are their names: Fib, Fidach, Floclaid, Fortrenn, Got, Ce, Circinn."
The King and the Queen Consort were in Fife to formally confer city status.
Nave from the reign of King David I. The Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity and St Margaret, was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier priory dating back to the reign of his father King Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, i. e. "Malcolm III" or "Malcolm Canmore" (regnat 1058–93), and his queen, St Margaret. [1]
The grave of George Durie, Dunfermline Abbey. George Durie (Dury confused by Watt & Shead with Drury) (died 1577), abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St Andrews, son of John Durie of Durie in the county of Fife, and brother to Andrew Durie, bishop of Galloway, was born about 1496.
By the twelfth century it had become known simply as St. Andrews and it became increasingly associated with Scottish national identity and the royal family. [8] Queen Margaret was canonised in 1250 and after the ceremonial transfer of her remains to Dunfermline Abbey emerged as one of the most revered national saints. [8]