Meaning & History
From the Old Irish root gabar or gabarán which means "taking/seizing".Gabrán mac Domangairt (Old Welsh: Gawran map Dinwarch) or 'Gabrán the Traitor' (Gwran Wradouc) was king of Dál Riata in the mid-6th century. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin. Gabrán was the son of Domangart Réti and the father of Áedán mac Gabráin.