An difríocht idir athruithe ar: "Caireann"

Iníon seanscéalach rí na n[[Angla-Shacsanaigh]], Sachall Balbh, ab ea '''Caireann Chasdubh'''. Dar bean chéile [[Ard-Rí na hÉireann]], [[Eochaid Mugmedón]], agus Margaret [[Niall Noígíallach|Níall Naoighiallach]] ab ea í.

 

 

''Given Niall's dates (he is traditionally supposed to have died around the turn of the 5th century, although modern historians place him half a century later<ref name="byrne">[[Francis John Byrne|Francis J. Byrne]], ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Second Edition, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001, Chapter 5</ref>), it is anachronistic for his mother to have been a Saxon, but O'Rahilly argues that the name ''Caireann'' is derived from the Latin name [[Carina (disambiguation)|Carina]], and that it is plausible that she might have been a Romano-Briton.<ref name="orahilly">[[T. F. O'Rahilly]], ''Early Irish History and Mythology'', 1946, Chapter 12</ref> Indeed, [[Seathrún Céitinn]] describes her not as a Saxon but as the "daughter of the king of Britain".<ref name="keating">[[Seathrún Céitinn]], ''[[Foras Feasa ar Éirinn]]'',[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100054/text058.html 1.48]</ref>