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 CXXXVl PEEFACE. Dungal, who appears in most of the Latin lists as sole king. By the " Pictish Chronicle," he is said to have been expelled from the kingdom with Eocha, after a reign of eleven years ; and by the Latin lists, Grig is said to have died at Dundurn, after a reign of twelve years according to some, and of eighteen years according to others. St. Berchan mentions Eocha as Tuiltigh the Brit from Cluaide, and gives him a reign of thirteen years. He terms Grig Mac Rath, the son of fortune, and states that, after reigning seventeen years, he was slain by the Firiu Fortren, or men of Fortren, at the noble house on the banks of the Earn. Grig is mentioned by Flanu under the name of Ciric ; but both he and Eocha are omitted by the " Albanic Duan," and are un- noticed in the " Irish Annals." It is difficult to ascertain whether Grig was of the Pictish or of the Scottish race, but the probabilities are rather in favour of the former. At this time, two of the old provinces of the Pictish kingdom south of the Grampians seem stiU to have been possessed by the Picts. The one was Fortren, of which Strathearn undoubtedly formed a part. The Firiu Fortren, or men of Fortren, are repeatedly mentioned during this time ; and their stronghold appears to have been the hiU-fort of Dundurn, at the east end of Loch Earn, not far from St. Fillans.^ The other • Dundurn was, by later his- torians, identified with Dunadeer, in Aberdeenshire, and upon this Chalmers built his theory, that Grig was Maormor of the region betwixt the Dee and the Spey ;