Note 53 — Chapter II · The Kingdom of Scotland—843–900.

Cyric (or Ciric, the same as the French St. Cyr) was the original name, which has been corrupted into Grig, Girg, and Gregory the Great. It seems to be a different name from Gregor, which is apparently the Scandinavian Griotgar. Eccles Girg or Grig is the modern Cyruskirk. Dundurn or Dunadeer, in the Garioch, appears long to have held the same place amongst the Northern Picts as Dunfothir or Forteviot in the South, i.e., it was the capital of the leading province. Caledonia, bk. 3, c. 7, p. 383, note I.