Then follows a poetic version of what was probably an old Irish prayer....

"Mary, mother of holy Jesus, white-faced lady, was daughter of Joachim... thus mankind now serves Mary's son, mankind on whom he (Joachim) bestowed a grandson…”  

The Irish bardic poets were, it will be remembered, professional poets whose living depended on their art. A remarkable sameness in the language which they employed is easily observed, and this arises from the extreme care observed in these poetical compositions.

There was rigorous control of language and each metaphor was carefully selected. As Father McKenna observes ... “Every single word in it... verb, noun, adjective or other part of speech, was subject to strict laws, any violation of which meant the condemnation of a poet for carelessness or imperfect training.”

This acounts for the similarity in the language and metrical laws of the bardic poems. Nevertheless, poetical genius was able to surmount the obstacle of convention, and the bardic poems teem with passages which have well been described as intricate yet lovely and Austere.

DALRIADA... Irish migration to Scotland

From about the middle of the 3rd century Latin writings make frequent reference to raiding expeditions carried out by the Irish, who were now given the name Scotti, rather than the older one, Hiberni.

Native Irish traditions also suggest such attacks took place.

In the second half of the 4th century, when Roman power in Britain was beginning to crumble seriously, the raids became incessant, and settlements were made along the west coast of Britain and extensively in Wales and Scotland.

From the early 5th century the rulers of Dairaida in northern Antrim (Ireland) extended their power over the Irish already settled in Argyll and the neighboring islands.  Ultimately the Scottish kingdom of Dalraida became separated from the Irish. And when, in the 9th century, it overcame the Picts, it gave its name, Scotland, to the whole area.

THE THREE SEPTS OF GAURAN OR GOVERN
 (from John Henry McGovern in Notes and Queries.)

…One Aiden M'Gabhrain was venerated in the North (of Scotland) as one of the founders of the Scottish monarchy…  

In O’Flaherty's Ogygia there are valuable records of Aidan M’Gabhran (McGauran or McGovern), the seventh Scottish king... and in the Annals of Ulster there are several passages relating to Aedhan Gabhran; one in 589 a. d. chronicles the battle of Lethroidh, won by his Majesty with the following note:

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