ived ▁threat ▁that ▁Mac cus ▁pos ed . ▁As ▁such , ▁the ▁episode ▁could ▁well ▁be ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁t enth - century ▁gun bo at ▁diplom acy . ▁Other ▁royal ▁at ten de es ▁of ▁the ▁sum mit ▁meeting ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁Dy fn wal ▁ab ▁O w ain , ▁and ▁Dy fn wal ' s ▁son ▁M á el ▁Col u im , ▁men ▁who ▁represented ▁the ▁C umb rian ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Str ath c ly de . ▁It ▁is ▁probable ▁that ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁Me ic ▁Ara ilt ▁pos ed ▁a ▁serious ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁r ul ers ▁of ▁this ▁northern ▁British ▁real m , ▁and ▁may ▁explain ▁their ▁own ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁assembly . ▁One ▁possible ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁conference ▁is ▁that ▁Ed gar ▁recogn ised ▁Mac cus ' ▁lord ship ▁in ▁the ▁Is les ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁his ▁accept ance ▁of ▁English ▁over l ord ship . ▁Although ▁Mac cus ▁appears ▁as ▁a ▁witness ▁in ▁two ▁alleg ed ▁royal ▁char ters ▁of ▁Ed gar , ▁these ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁for ger ies . ▁ ▁Later ▁career ▁ ▁Wh atever ▁the ▁reasons ▁behind ▁the ▁assembly , ▁the ▁Me ic ▁Ara ilt ▁violence ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁was ▁tempor arily ▁ab ated — per haps ▁as ▁a ▁consequence ▁of ▁the ▁conference — and ▁the ▁kind red ▁turned ▁its ▁attention ▁west wards ▁towards ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁In ▁ 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁ele vent h - ▁to ▁four teenth - century ▁Ann als ▁of ▁In isf allen ▁and ▁the