After Áed's death, there is a two-decade gap until the death of Donald II (Domnall mac Constantín) in 900 during which nothing is reported in the Irish annals.Anderson, Early Sources, pp. 357–358, 395; Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–118. The entry for the reign between Áed and Donald II is corrupt in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, and in this case, the Chronicle is at variance with every other king list.On this, note Dumville's comments regarding damnatio memoriae, Dumville, "Chronicle of the Kings of Alba", p. 75; see also Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–121. According to the Chronicle, Áed was followed by Eochaid, a grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, who is somehow connected with Giric, but all other lists say that Giric ruled after Áed and make great claims for him.Anderson, Kings and Kingship, pp. 251–252, 254, 263, 267, 274, 283 and 288. Giric is not known to have been a kinsman of Kenneth's, although it has been suggested that he was related to him by marriage. The major changes in Pictland which began at about this time have been associated by Alex Woolf and Archie Duncan with Giric's reign.Duncan, pp. 11–16; Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–121, 137–138 and 320–322. For an alternative view of all this, see Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men, pp. 215–218.
After Áed's death, !there is a two-decade gap until the death of Donald II (Domnall mac Constantín) in 900 during which nothing is reported in the Irish annals.Anderson, Early Sources, pp. 357–358, 395; Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–118. The entry for the reign between Áed and Donald II is corrupt in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, and in this case, the Chronicle is at variance with every other king list.On this, note Dumville's comments regarding damnatio memoriae, Dumville, "Chronicle of the Kings of Alba", p. 75; see also Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–121. According to the Chronicle, Áed was followed by Eochaid, a grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, who :is somehow connected with Giric, but all other lists say that Giric ruled after Áed and make great claims for him.Anderson, Kings and Kingship, pp. 251–252, 254, 263, 267, 274, 283 and 288. Giric is not known to have been a kinsman of Kenneth's, although it has been suggested that he was related to him by marriage. The major changes in Pictland which began at about this time have been associated by Alex Woolf and Archie Duncan with Giric's reign.Duncan, pp. 11–16; Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp. 117–121, 137–138 and 320–322. For an alternative view of all this, see Smy,th, Warlords and Holy Men, pp. 215–218.