Brief account of the Irvine family, County Fermanagh

King of Scotland, who began to reign in the
year 1004 ; and his son by her, Duncan, who
was at first King of Cumberland under his
grandfather Malcolm II., succeeded to the
Scottish crown on Malcolm's death, a.d. 1034.
King Duncan having inherited the territory
of Irvine in Ayreshire, that country became
known by the name of Cunning-hame, a word
formed from the Teutonic Koning and Hame,
signifying the King's Home.
Duncan was murdered by MacBeth in the
year 1040 ; and his father Crine, endeavouring
to avenge his death, was killed in battle against
that usurper : but MacBeth was likewise him-
self killed in battle, a.d. 1057, when the son
of Duncan, Malcolm III., who vanquished
him, recovered the throne of his father ; and
thenceforth the lineal descendants of Crine sat
on the throne of Scotland till a.d. 1285, when
the succession passed to heirs of the crown by
female branches.