Clann Somhairle, sometimes anglicised as Clan Sorley, /ˌklæn ˈsɔːrli/ refers to those Scottish and Irish dynasties descending from the famous Norse-Gaelic...
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Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, a principal member of Clann Somhairle in the thirteenth century. Members of Clann Ruaidhrí were factors in both the histories of...
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Uí Ímair (section Clann Somhairle)
Godred Crovan is through the female line, Alex Woolf believes the Clann Somhairle (Clan Donald and Clan MacDougall) or the Lords of the Isles can be...
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Aonghus mac Somhairle (died 1210) was a leading member of Clann Somhairle. He was a son of Somhairle mac Giolla Brighde, King of the Isles and Ragnhildr...
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Clan Donald (redirect from Clann Domhnaill)
his elder son, Dugall mac Somhairle.[citation needed] Their dynasties are together commonly referred to as the Clann Somhairle. Furthermore, they are descended...
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Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill (redirect from Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill mhic Somhairle)
the Isles and a member of Clann Somhairle. He was a son of Raghnall mac Somhairle and was the eponymous ancestor of Clann Ruaidhrí. Ruaidhrí may have...
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He was a son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, the eponym of Clann Domhnaill, a branch of Clann Somhairle. Aonghus Mór appears to have succeeded his father in...
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several families of note. For example, one such family was Clann Somhairle, descended from Somhairle mac Giolla Brighde (died 1164); another was a family closely...
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Somerled (redirect from Somhairle Mòr mac Gille Brìghde)
Somerled (died 1164), known in Middle Irish as Somairle, Somhairle, and Somhairlidh, and in Old Norse as Sumarliði [ˈsumɑrˌliðe], was a mid-12th-century...
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Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí (redirect from Dubhgall MacSomhairle)
his success against the English. The careers of Dubhghall and his Clann Somhairle kinsman, Eóghan Mac Dubhghaill, exemplify the difficulties faced by...
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Fearchar, Earl of Ross. Whilst Lauon appears to have been a member of Clann Somhairle, a kindred led by Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, a man closely aligned with...
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first marriage was to "Lauon", a woman who was likely a member of Clann Somhairle, possibly a daughter of either Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill or Domhnall mac...
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that certain members are known to have used. Alex Woolf believes the Clann Somhairle can be regarded as a female line cadet branch of the Crovan dynasty...
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that "contrary to the image, projected by recent clan-historians, of Clann Somhairle as Gaelic nationalists liberating the Isles from Scandinavians, it...
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junior-most of three main branches of Clann Somhairle. The other two branches were Clann Dubhghaill and Clann Ruaidhrí—families respectively descended from...
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the formation of the Kingdom of Scotland, (with the exception of the Clann Somhairle, or Clan Donald and Clan MacDougall, the two of royal origins). The...
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Ragnhildis Olafsdottir (category Clann Somhairle)
mother of Dubgall, Ragnall, and Aonghas, Ragnhild was the progenitor of Clann Somhairle and the ancestor of Clan MacDonald, Clan MacDougall, Clan MacAlister...
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Clan MacDougall (redirect from Clann Dubhghaill)
Clan MacDougall Clann MhicDhùghaill Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a dexter arm in armour embowed fessways couped Proper, holding a cross crosslet...
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MacDonnell of Antrim (redirect from Clann-Donnell Galloglagh)
MacDonnells of Antrim were a sept of the Clan Donald of the royal Clann Somhairle, that the English crown had attempted to cultivate since the early...
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of this woman is unknown, she appears to have been a member of the Clann Somhairle kindred. Although Rǫgnvaldr was able to orchestrate a marriage between...
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Four Masters and various pedigrees concerning the ancestors of Clann Somhairle and Clann Domhnaill. If the pedigrees are to be believed, he was a son of...
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prominent member of Clann Somhairle, the descendants of Somhairle mac Giolla Brighde, King of the Isles (died 1164). Through Somhairle's wife, Ragnhildr,...
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Dubgall mac Somairle (redirect from Dubhghall mac Somhairle)
Ragnhildr Óláfsdóttir. Dubgall was a leading figure of Clann Somairle, and the eponymous ancestor of Clann Dubgaill. Dubgall's career is obscure, and little...
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that "contrary to the image, projected by recent clan-historians, of Clann Somhairle as Gaelic nationalists liberating the Isles from Scandinavians, it...
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Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí (category Clann Ruaidhrí)
members of Clann Ruaidhrí are first identified with a family name derived from this eponymous ancestor. Clann Ruaidhrí was a branch of Clann Somhairle. Other...
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Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí (category Clann Ruaidhrí)
son of Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, and thus a member of the Clann Ruaidhrí branch of Clann Somhairle. Ailéan was a brother of Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí, King of...
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who married the Norse-Gaelic King of the Isles, Somerled, from whom Clann Somhairle and numerous other clans descend. Ingibiorg's marriage to Óláfr Guðrøðarson...
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MacDonnells of Antrim were a sept of the powerful Clan Donald of the royal Clann Somhairle, (see Lords of the Isles), that the English crown had attempted to...
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Domhnall mac Raghnaill (category Clann Somhairle)
and early 13th centuries. He is the eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald (Clann Dhòmhnaill, "Children of Donald"). For this reason some traditions accumulated...
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Shee, the noted 19th-century portrait artist) Norse Gaelic origins Clann Somhairle – Crovan dynasty Clan Donald The MacDonnell of the Glens The King of...
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