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The Kingdom of the Isles, also known as Sodor, was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norsemen as the Suðreyjar , or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland .
The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norse as the Suðreyjar, or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. The historical record is incomplete and the kingdom ...
The division between the lands of the Crovan dynasty and Clann Somhairle, in about 1200.. The Crovan dynasty, from the late 11th century to the mid 13th century, was the ruling family of an insular kingdom known variously in secondary sources as the Kingdom of Mann, the Kingdom of the Isles, and the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles.
South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ ə ˈtʲes̪] ⓘ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. [10]
Ragnall ua Ímair (Old Norse: Rǫgnvaldr [ˈrɔɣnˌwɑldz̠], died 921) or Rægnald was a Viking [nb 1] leader who ruled Northumbria and the Isle of Man in the early 10th century.
Lord of the Isles or King of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Triath nan Eilean or Rìgh Innse Gall; Latin: Dominus Insularum) [1] is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland.
The name of Gofraid mac Arailt, King of the Isles as it appears on folio 141v of British Library Cotton MS Domitian A I. Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson [ˈɡuðˌrøðz̠ ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king. He and his brother Maccus were active in the lands around the Irish Sea in the ...
It probably got its current name from the Norse Karlavagr ("Karl's bay"), a relic of its time as part of the Kingdom of the Isles. Through the centuries Dun Carloway remained in use until the floor level was too high due to build-up of the occupation layers. [2] The broch was occasionally used in later times as a stronghold.