Quote Originally Posted by mkfarkus View Post
CE (that's the PC term for AD - CE=Christian Era AD=Anno Domini -in the year of our Lord).
CE means "common era", while BCE means "before common era". Same dates, different labeling

Quote Originally Posted by mkfarkus View Post
One of the 'kingdoms' was that of Dal Riata which had territory in both Ireland and Scotland. And there was also a King of the Scots (Beginning I think with Fergus Mor) - they were always Kings of the Scots, not of Scotland (think Mary, Queen of Scots) - kings of the people not the land, probably because they moved from Ireland to Scotland.
While Fergus Mór was the legendary ruler of Dál Riata, I'm not sure it wold be correct to say that he was the ruler of the Scots. I'm more inclined to name Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth MacAlpin) the first King of the Scots.