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2 unusual facts about Crínán


Crinan

The Crinan Canal, a waterway in Scotland with one of its outlets at Crinan, linking Loch Fyne with Loch Crinan

Crínán of Dunkeld, a powerful Scottish lord around the beginning of the 11th Century and the father of Duncan I of Scotland


Abbot of Iona

One of the abbots, Crínán married Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim, the daughter of King Máel Coluim II, and became the progenitor of the so-called House of Dunkeld, who ruled Scotland until the later thirteenth century.


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