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Sorley and
Somerled are
masculine given names in the
English language,
Anglicizations of
Scottish Gaelic Somhairle and
Norse Sumarlidi.
Sorley is an Anglicised...
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Dubgall mac
Somairle (died 1175) was King of the Isles. He was a son of
Somairle mac
Gilla Brigte and
Ragnhildr Óláfsdóttir.
Dubgall was a
leading figure...
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Ragnall mac
Somairle (also
known in
Gaelic as Raghnall, Raonall, Raonull; in
English as Ranald; in
Latin as Reginaldus; and in Old
Norse as Rögnvaldr,...
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overthrown by
Somairle mac
Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll. The fact that
there is no
record of
Fergus lending Guðrøðr
support against Somairle could be evidence...
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forces from the
Kingdom of Dublin, were
commanded by
Somerled (Sumarliði /
Somairle mac
Gilla Brigte, King of the Isles). The
identity of the
Scottish commander...
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Somairle mac
Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll,
whose son, as a
grandson of Óláfr,
possessed a
claim to the throne. Late in 1156, Guðrøðr and
Somairle fought...
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external threats located in
regions such as
Galloway and the Isles. In 1164,
Somairle mac
Gilla Brigte, King of the
Isles invaded Scotland and was
defeated near...
- ancestry. Similarly, a
poetic address to
Aonghus of
Islay describes Clann Somairle as
having "sprung from Síol nGofraidh" (the seed of Gofraid) and a recently...
- Argyll-Lorne
essentially started with
Donnchadh mac Dubhgaill, son of
Dubgall mac
Somairle.
During Donnchadh's time the
great feuds that had been
causing war on the...
- been a son of
Dubgall mac
Somairle, King of the Isles, and
therefore a
member of the Meic
Dubgaill branch of the Meic
Somairle kindred. Óspakr
spent a considerable...
