On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 12:34:47 PM UTC-7, Hans Vogels wrote: > Do I presume correctly that Neil McGuinan suggests an Irish descent for Crínán, (lay-)abbot of Dunkeld? > Not explicitly, but implicitly. He suggests that the name Maldred is of Irish origin, and that the original form is found earlier in Dunkeld among a powerful family that claimed Irish royal descent, but he predominantly is using this to support the argument that since Maldred's name was used by a powerful Dunkeld family, his father Crinan is likely to be identical to the Crinan of Dunkeld known as father of Duncan. taf