Irish, in History, an epithet applied, by some writers on Scottish antiquities, to the colony of Irish, commonly called Dalriads or Dalriadians, who, in the beginning of the fifth century, established themselves in the district of Galloway; and formed a distinct tribe, till, under the reign of their king Kenneth II., they united with the Picts, whom they had nearly subdued. See Chalmers's Caledonia, vol. i. and SCOTLAND, from n° 31. to n° 85.

SCOTO-Saxon period, is by Mr Chalmers applied to that period of Scottish history which elapsed from the accession of Edgar, the son of Malcolm Canmore, to the throne of Scotland in the year 1097, to the reign of Robert Bruce in 1306. See SCOTLAND from n° 86. to n° 164.