AIDAN GABHRAN, SEVENTH KING OF SCOTLAND

The Scots (called so because they were celtic scotti), from Dalriada, (the area of Antrim in Northeastern Ireland), colonized the Argyll area, probably in the later 5th century. Their continuing connection with Ireland was a source of strength to them, and Scots and Irish Gaelic(Goidelic Celtic languages) did not become distinct from one another until the late Middle Ages.

Scottish Dalriada soon extended its cultural as well as its military sway east and south, though one of its greatest kings, Aidan, was in 603, defeated by the Angles at Degasatan near the later Scottish border   

Another Aidan,  St. Aidan brought the Celtic Church to Northumbria in the 630's, establishing his monastery at Lindisfarne...

MCGOVERN OR MAGAURAN'S CASTLES

JOYCE refers to Lios-an-uabhair, the fort of Pride or Lissanover Castle, held in former days by a chieftain named Magauran.

The head chief's castle was situated in Ballymagauran, or McGoverns town (an Irish chieftain's town was termed his castle) in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan

Previous to the adoption of surnames in Ireland by the McGoverns --written in Irish, MacSamhradhain--were known by their tribe name of Tullyhaw--(Teallach Eachach) which their patrimony transmits up to the present time.

There was a pamphlet issued in London, 1650 a. d., by order of Parliament, and signed by Henry Scobel which gives the names of several hundreds of Irish fortresses destroyed by the forces of Cromwell in the short space of one year from August, 1649 to July 26, 1650...

Whether Cromwell destroyed any of the McGovern fortresses is unknown but the McGovern territory was one of the last taken over by the British because part of the barony... in the Glangevlin area... is surrounded by mountains and easy to defend for guerilla type of activity.

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