According to folk history, the 6th century
BC saw the division of Ireland into five separate kingdoms: Ulster
(w), Connaught (s), Munster (e), Leinster, and Mide. Ulster and
Connaught were the two most powerful kingdoms. However, by 300
AD, Ulster had lost much of its power. The ruling houses in Connaught
and Mide emerged and expanded their kingdoms, essentially splitting
Ireland in two. The people of Ulster were pushed to a northern
section of Ireland bordering the Irish Sea, and their name was
changed to Dal Riata. Eventually the Sons of Niall, the ruling
family of Connaught, ruled the Dal Riata. Unhappy with the natural
borders of the sea, they began to colonize the land of the Picts.
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