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	Somerled Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Somerled's involvement proved decisive, and using a fleet of galleys fitted with rudders, the latest in naval technology, he defeated Godfrey and declared himself Ri Innse Gall or King of the Isles.
		In contrast, Somerled's Kingdom of the Isles was not a subservient kingdom to the Kingdom of Norway, it was a separate kingdom, independent of both Norway and Scotland.
		The newly powerful Somerled was seen as a serious threat by King Malcolm IV of Scotland, and in 1160 the two met in indecisive battle in Argyll.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/stu/somerled.html (743 words)

	The Home of the Clan Donald
		Somerled, Rex Insularum, took his place as a leader of men, from whom descended a race of Kings, a dynasty distinguished in the stormy history of the Middle Ages, who ranked themselves before the Scottish Kings.
		Somerled prosecuted the war into the heart of the enemy's country; and having gained possession of the mainland domain of his forefathers, he took the title of Thane or Regulus of Argyll, determining to obtain possession of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles and thus form a Celtic Kingdom.
		Peace was established between the King of Scotland and Somerled, but after suffering great provocation from Malcolm and his ministers, the King of the Isles again took up arms in 1164, and gathering a great host, 15,000 strong, with a fleet of 164 galleys, sailed up the Clyde to Greenock.
	www.macdonald.com /clan.html (2638 words)

	Eilidh Bheag's Highland Homepage: Stories By the Fireside
		Somerled asked the reason for their laughter, and since it was an awkward question to answer, the men said only that they were greatly joyed at seeing him.
		Somerled ripped the heart from the body of the first man he killed, ordering the rest of his men to do the same since the Danes were not Christians (ah, the saving love of Jesus Christ).
		Somerled in disguise sailed to meet Olaf and said, "I come from Somerled, Thane of Argyll, who promises to assist you in your expedition, provided you bestow upon him the hand of your daughter, Ragnhildis." But Olaf recognised the great Somerled and declined his offer.
	www.webmousepublications.com /eilidh/somerled.html (1359 words)

	Somerled - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Somerled (Old Norse Sumarliði, Scottish Gaelic Somhairle) was a military and political leader of the Scottish Isles in the 12th century who was known in Gaelic as ri Innse Gall ("King of the Hebrides").
		Somerled first appears in historical chronicles in the year 1140 as the regulus, or King, of Kintyre (Cinn Tìre) when he marries Raghnailt the daughter of Amhlaibh (or Olaf), King of the Isle of Man.
		Somerled's successors, who eventually emerged as the Lords of the Isles, were nominally under the sovereignty of Norway until the late thirteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerled (781 words)

	Clan Donald DNA Project
		An additional historical note supporting the Gaelic descent of Somerled was that contemporary Norse historians treated him as descended from the Dalriadic family of Argyll.
		Thus far, 2/23 appear to be Somerled line relatives with the principal difference that they are 15 at 458 instead of 16 for the descendants of John, Lord of the Isles.
		The salmon fishing portion of the story would be consistent with Somerled seeking to obtain the occult wisdom of the salmon which goes back to the Finn MacCool stories of Ireland.
	dna-project.clan-donald-usa.org /DNAmain2.htm (2192 words)

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		Somerled (Old Norse SumarliÃ°i, Scottish Gaelic Somhairle) was a military and political leader of the Scottish Isles in the 12th century who was known in Gaelic as ri Innse Gall ("King of the Hebrides").
		Somerled first appears in historical chronicles in the year 1140 as the regulus, or King, of Kintyre (Cinn TÃ¬re) when he marries Raghnailt the daughter of Amhlaibh (or Olaf), King of the Isle of Man.
		However, this did not happen in the Kingdom of the Isles, which was instead absorbed into the greater Kingdom of Scotland, albeit its place in that state and the loyalty of its inhabitants to the King of Scots would remain peripheral and temperamental for centuries to come.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Somerled (603 words)

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		The Somerled site for Gordon Setters, English Setters and Pointers belongs to Eileen Hill Tel 01283 575027 email
		Best of Breed at Crufts 1999 and 2002
		Click on the butterfles if you want them to go away.
	www.somerledgundogs.co.uk (37 words)

	The Norse Code
		An Oxford University scientist has traced the Y-chromosome, which determines maleness, of the founder of Clan Donald - the great Somerled of Argyll, who was born around 1100 and drove out the Viking invaders.
		To be double sure this was Somerled's, Prof Sykes embarked on a sensitive piece of research involving the living chiefs of the Clan Donald and their septs.
		We might find one or more of the chiefs did not have it - meaning one of their paternal ancestors might have been adopted, or had not been the biological father of his heir.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/articles/norse.htm (497 words)

	SONS OF SOMERLED BY STEVE MCDONALD
		The U.S. album debut from musician/composer Steve McDonald, SONS OF SOMERLED, is an ambitious homage to his bold and brave Scottish ancestors.
		Keyboards and synthesizers provide adventurous backdrops and contemporary music merges with the spirit of the past to create this unique musical document for all ages.
		This enhanced CD is compatible with both IBM and Macintosh formats, and features nine minutes of photos, liner notes and an interview with McDonald.
	www.silverlakemusic.com /ps/sonscover.html (101 words)

	Islay Weblog - Somerled — Rì Innse Gall or King of the Isles - Islay Blog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Towards the end of the Reign of David I of Scotland in the middle of the 12th century, Godred Crovan’s Celtic-Norse grandson, Somerled, married Ragnhild, daughter of Olaf of Man. The unpopular Godfred, Godred Crovan’s other grandson en son of Olaf, was deposed by some of the islands chiefs, led by his brother-in-law Somerled.
		By 1153 Somerled’s relation with the king of Scots became worse and in 1164 Somerled invaded the mainland and sailed up the Clyde with 160 galleys, but met his end at Renfrew.
		The descendants of Somerled’s grandson Donald, the Clan Donald or the MacDonalds, remained in power and Islay continued to be the main seat of power in the west and became known as the home of the Lords of the Isles.
	blog.islayinfo.com /article.php/somerled (585 words)

	Steve McDonald, Sons of Somerled
		Somerled was a 12th century Scottish lord and war leader who helped defend the land from Viking invaders.
		Sons of Somerled is not of this ilk.
		The first song and title track "Sons of Somerled" actually worried me on first listen, as it's the closest to the often overpolished soullessness of New Age, and I actually thought I was in for 69 minutes of dreary moaning.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_SonsofSomerled.html (592 words)

	McDaniel Family History
		About 1120 AD When the fortunes of the Clan were at the lowest ebb, there arose a savior in the person of one of the most celebrated of Celtic heroes, Somerled, the son of Gillebride.
		The power of Somerled, King of the Isles, now caused great anxiety on the neighboring mainland, and King Malcolm IV of Scotland dispatched a large army to Argyll.
		With regal pomp and ceremony the body of the King of the Isles was buried In Iona's piles, Where rest from mortal coil the mighty of the Isles.
	www.reubenmcdaniel.org /history.html (1234 words)

	synopsis basic
		Somerled mac Gillebride, 12th-century Lord of Argyll and the Isles; descendant of the Royal House of Dalriada; ancestor to the MacSorleys and to clans MacDonald, MacDougal, and McRuairi; and inheritor of a fierce, independent Norse-Gael tradition, is one such hero.
		Somerled was thus born in exile in Rostrevor, a coastal settlement in County Down.
		Somerled, coming as he did, from this mixed Norse-Gael tradition of warriors and sea kings understood that his mission and vision were defined by that tradition.
	cunninghamh.tripod.com /somerled/somerled.html (5066 words)

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		It is known that this ocurred as a charter exists from this time describing a grant of lands to one "Berowald the Fleming" in the district of Moray.
		Somerled however broke this treaty when he invaded Renfrew in 1164 with a composite army of Islesmen and Scandinavians from the Kingdom of Dublin.
		Indeed, in 1248 Somerled's grandsons Ewan MacDougall and Dugald MacRuari sailed to Bergen to petition the Norwegian king, asking that he give them the right to use the title King over the northern half of the Hebrides.
	members.lycos.co.uk /cruithne1966/somerled.htm (1483 words)

	The Birlinn or Heraldic Galley
		However, despite his own heritage (or maybe because of it), Somerled is remembered by history as the man who ejected the Vikings from the Inner and Outer Hebrides on both sides of the Irish Sea or what the Vikings called Scotlandfjord.
		The Viking longship was itself a remarkable innovation in navel warfare which directly contributed to the success of the sons of Odinn in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries.
		Somerled moved this steeringboard to the back of the center of the ship, making it into a straight sternpost rudder as on most ships today.
	www.clansinclairusa.org /articles/march2001/thebirlinngalley.php (869 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Somerled married a Norse Princess and became a formidable adversary to the Scottish
		Somerled, “Lord of the Isles,” expelled the Norsemen from the Western Isles in the 12th century.
		Somerled was killed at Renfrew in 1164 and his land was left to his grandson Donald.
	hometown.aol.com /somerledmanrtq0s/history.html (367 words)

	Clanranald Trust for Scotland - www.clanranald.org - Clan,Clanranald,MacDonald,Clanranald Trust for Scotland,Scottish ...
		Somerled and his father Gillebride set out from Donegal Bay around 1120 A.D. with a company of Fermanagh fighting men, to re-conquer the lands in Scotland from which they had been driven by the Norsemen.
		The collapse of the Vikings (Norse) was accelerated by the rise of Somerled, an Ulster - Scots warrior with the ability of a Genghis Khan.
		As Somerled prepared to fight King Malcolm of Scotland in 1164 he was assassinated on the field of battle.
	www.clanranald.org /web/mac.asp (1083 words)

	The MacDonnell Family of Leinster - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		SOMERLED (SORLEY)6 MACDONNELL (ALASTAIR OG5, ANGUS MOR4, DONALD OF THE3 ISLES, REGINALD OF THE2, SOMERLED1 MACGILLEBRIDE) died 1387.
		The Clan Donnell of Connaught and Leinster are descended from Somerled, the son of Alastair Og.
		MARCUS7 MCDONALD (SOMERLED (SORLEY)6 MACDONNELL, ALASTAIR OG5, ANGUS MOR4, DONALD OF THE3 ISLES, REGINALD OF THE2, SOMERLED1 MACGILLEBRIDE) was born in 1st of Leinster, Ireland, and died 1397 in Leinster, Ireland.
	www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/family_history/families/macdonnell_family.htm (4927 words)

	Ceilidh Culture >> History
		Using a combination of boldness, stratagem, and technological innovation, by 1158, Somerled had recaptured all of ancient Dalriada, and the Kingdom of Man (the Isles of Man, and the Outer Hebrides, from Barra to Lewis)for the Gaels, declaring himself Rex Insularum.
		The special status of Somerled's kingdom is hinted at by charters issued by the Scottish court dated "on the next Christmas after the reconciliation of the King and Somerled".
		Somerled was buried on Iona with the kings of Scotland.
	ceilidhculture.com /history.htm (2865 words)

	Battle of Renfrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Worst of all, from Somerled's point of view, the Norman-French family of FitzAlan, now the High Stewards of Scotland, were starting to push feudal power to the shores of the Firth of Clyde, with their headquarters at Renfrew, dangerously close to his own domains in Argyll and the Western Isles.
		Somerled's army came from all parts of the west, including Kintyre, the Hebrides, Argyll and even a party of Vikings from Dublin.
		Somerled's men were simply not used to this style of warfare, and appear to have been overwhelmed in a relatively short space of time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Renfrew (1183 words)

	Scots Isles and Highlands -- 1050-1493 AD (DBA III/77)
		However the senior line of Somerled, the MacDougalls, allied themselves to the English crown, receiving cash to finance their war galleys and warriors: but they were comprehensively defeated by Clan Donald and King Robert I by sea and by land.
		Somerled, named from the Norse "Sumerladi" (or "summer voyager"), wrested control of the Inner Hebrides from (his relatives through marriage) the Manx Vikings, and also drove the Norse from mainland Morvern and Argyll.
		In the same league: Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland by John Marsden (Tuckwell Press): Well-written and scholarly but never dull account of the life and times of the man who wrested control of the Hebrides and the West Highlands from the Norse.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/III77.html (5352 words)

	The Rise and Fall of Clan Donald
		Somerled's power was based on his galleys which, though smaller than Norse long ships, were technologically superior.
		Somerled's kingdom, in the southern Hebrides and the western shores of Scotland, was still nominally under the Norwegian king.
		Somerled was succeeded by his sons which included Ranald, better known for his piety than his military prowess.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /hconnors/Beaton/RiseMacDonald.html (872 words)

	About Clan MacInnes
		The great Celtic-Norse warrior Somerled is often referred to as Somerled MacGillebride and his father was believed to be a MacAonghais Chief.
		By the time of Somerled, (killed in 1164), MacInnes people were well established in all of Morvern (the peninsula bounded by Loch Sunnart and Loch Linnhe and adjacent to the Isle of Mull).
		Somerled, progenitor of Clan Donald and son of Gillebride (possibly descended from Clan MacInnes), leads the Clan in warfare against Vikings in Morvern.
	www.macinnes.org /info.php (2844 words)

	Weaving the Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The climax of the struggle between them was reached in 1164, when Somerled landed a great force on the shores of Renfrewshire, and fought a pitched battle with the forces of the High Steward near the headquarters of the latter at Renfrew itself.
		In that battle Somerled fell, along with Gillecolane, his son by his first marriage, and it seems possible that the Barochan Cross, with its interesting and appropriate sculptures, still standing near the scene of the battle, forms a memorial of the event.
		Somerled is said to have left a grandson, Somerled, son of Gillecolane, who inherited Argyll but was defeated and slain by Alexander II.
	pages.zdnet.com /sachemwolf/id9.html (8660 words)

	New World Celts
		Somerled lived for a while in the caves of his homeland, fishing and hunting for his survival.
		Somerled is generally credited with breaking the power of the Vikings in the Isles as his descendants remained Kings of the Isles for centuries after his death.
		One of Somerled's grandsons, a Donald, is also considered the ancestor of the Clan Donald, for his sons were the first to carry the name MacDonald.
	www.newworldcelts.org /celtic_warriors.htm (1583 words)

	Somerled Laws & Rules of Conduct
		Somerled Manor and all its many rooms is a social group for Role Players
		always that Somerled is a realm of light and peace and never should one act out of anger or frustration.
		Greet all guests of the Manor with respect, courtesy and attentiveness; keeping in mind we were all new once.
	www.freewebs.com /somerled/laws.htm (769 words)

	My Family Line
		Somerled led themen of Morven to resist a band of Norse pirate s and Somerled's successled to his father regaining his possessions and gave him control of a large part of Argyll.
		Somerled lead the men of Morve n to resist a band of Norsepirates and Somerled's success led to his father regaining hisposs essions and gave him control of a large part of Argyll.
		Somerled prosecuted the war into the heart of the enemy's country; andhaving gained possessio n of the mainland domain of his forefathers, hetook the title of Thane or Regulus of Argyll, determining to obtainpossession of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles and thus form a CelticK ingdom.
	exiledangel.com /mcdonald/tree/d22.htm (6719 words)

	Warriors of the Clan Donald
		[Somerled agreed to help on the condition that Olave promise to consent] to his marriage with Ragnhildis.
		Godred, son of Olave, who was in Norway at the time, returned to the Isles, but his tyranny and oppression caused the Islemen to revolt, and Somerled, joining forces with them, seized half the Kingdom of the Isles, and became Righ Innesegall, or King of the Isles, as well as Thane of Argyll.
		Later Somerled took up the challenge, and a hard fought battle left both sides too exhausted to continue hostilities.
	www.fortlangley.ca /pepin/Warriors.html (3197 words)

	Women in Fantasy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Somerled did not exactly go out of his way to make friends, and in the confines of the snowbound longhouse it did not take long for others to notice this, and to set him small trials as befitted any newcomer.
		Somerled had thought about this for a little, and then he had asked, 'Why?' So, shaggy-coated Grip continued to growl and snap every time the boy went past, though the old dog let little children climb over his back and tug his rough coat with never a bark from him.
		Somerled was pushing himself harder, doing his best to keep up and to get everything right, as if to master as much as he could before he must leave.
	www.tor.com /womeninfantasy/marillier/excerpt_wolfskin.html (12738 words)

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