TheKings of Dál nAraidi were rulers of one of the main kingdoms ofUlster and competed with theDál Fiatach for the overlordship ofUlaid.
The dynasty resided at Ráith Mór, east of Antrim in the Mag Line area and emerged as the dominant group among theCruthin of Ulaid. In the sixth and seventh centuries the Cruthin were a loose confederation of petty states with the Dal nAraidi emerging as the dominant group in the 8th century.[1]
