The rotating succession of the Alpínid dynasty was similar to that practiced in Ireland by the Cenél nEógain and Clann Cholmáin branches of the Uí Néill, a dominant Irish kindred that monopolised the kingship of Tara between the eighth and tenth centuries.McGuigan (2015) p. 274; Woolf (2009) p. 258; Broun (2001); Woolf (2007) pp. 223–224; Woolf (2000) pp. 152–154. This alternation amongst the Uí Néill was facilitated by the considerable distance between the two segments. The inability of either branch to dominate the other, and therefore cut off their rivals from key resources, enabled such a rotating scheme to succeed.McGuigan (2015) p. 274; Woolf (2007) pp. 223–224; Woolf (2000) pp. 153–154.
The rotating succession of the Alpínid dynasty was similar to that practiced in Ireland by the Cenél nEógain and Clann Cholmáin branches of the Uí Néill, a dominant Irish kindred that monopolised the kingship of Tara between the eighth and tenth centuries.McGuigan (2015) p. 274; Woolf (2009) p. 258; Broun (2001); Woolf (2007) pp. 223–224; Woolf (2000) pp. 152–154. This alternation amongst the Uí Néill was facilitated by the considerable distance between the two segments. The inability of either branch to dominate the other, and therefore cut off their rivals from key resources, enabled such a rotating scheme to succeed.McGuigan (2015) p. 274; Woolf (2007) pp. 223–224; Woolf (2000) pp. 153–154.