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| Gilla Adomnain , of the Isles 1 | |
| Birth: | About 1065 in Island of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland 1 |
| Death: | ? in Ireland 1 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Soloman of Dublin b. About 1045 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
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| Also Known As: Gilledoman of the Isles 1 |
| Changed: 1 Oct 2003 |
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Jim Weber cites www.macdonald.com/clan.html for the following: Hailes in his Annals related that, in 973, Marcus, King of the Isles; Kenneth, King of the Scots, and Malcolm, King of the Cambri, entered into a bond for mutual defense. Then followed Gilledomman, the grandfather of Somerled. Gilledomnan was driven from the Isles by the Scandinavians, and died in Ireland, where he had taken refuge.
Jim Weber cites the following, referring to the above quote, from a post-em by Curt Hofemann: Actually the originator of the quote is: History of the Clan McDonald: The Families of MacDonald, McDonald and McDonnell , by Henry Lee, R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., New York (Copyright 1920).
The following is from The Lords of the Isles http://users.stargate.net/~skye/thelords.htm: While there are often only four officially recognized Lords of the Isles, the history of this reign actually stretches back another 7 generations to one Gilledomnan (or Gille Adomnan) who was married to the heiress of Godfrey McFergus, Lord of the Hebrides who died in 853 AD.
The McFergus branch of the old royal family had stayed in the Western Isles of Scotland to do battle with the invading Vikings who had begun attacking the Western Isles in 793 A. D.
Gilledomnan took refuge in Ireland to seek military support. While there, his daughter married Harold Gillis, King of Norway in an attempt to bring peace.
Gilledomnan... married the heiress of the marital union of Godfrey McFergus and the daughter of Alpin. Godfrey was Prince of Oriel. Alpin was King of Argyll. Whether Gilledomnan was predominately Celtic or Viking is unknown. He was very highly regarded as his daughter married Harold Gillis, King of Norway. His wife's ancestor was Alpin, King of Argyll, who was the son of Eochaid, King of Argyll c. 781 who was married to a sister of Unuist, King of the Picts. This was the beginning of the union of Scots and Picts into the kingdom of Scotland. Later they were officially joined under Kenneth McAlpin.
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- Type: Web Site
Author: Jim Weber
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies
Date: Nov 16, 2004
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