Lord of Islay was a thirteenth- and fourteenth-century title borne by the
chiefs of
Clann Domhnaill
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meanin ...
before they assumed the title "
Lord of the Isles" in the late fourteenth century. The first person regarded to have styled themself "Lord of Islay" is
Aonghus Mór
Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill (died 1293) was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century kingdoms of the Kingdom of the Isles, Isles and Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. He was a son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, the eponym of Clann Domhnaill, a branch ...
, son of the eponymous ancestor of the clan,
Domhnall mac Raghnaill
Domhnall mac Raghnaill was a Hebridean noble in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. He is the eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald (''Clann Dhòmhnaill'', "Children of Donald"). For this reason some traditions accumulated around him in the l ...
. The designation "of Islay" was frequently used by these lords and later members of the clan.
Lords of Islay
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Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill (d. c. 1293), "''dominus de Hyle''".
[ Sellar (2000) p. 194 tab. ii; McLeod (1997) p. 39 n. 53; ''Registrum Monasterii de Passelet'' (1832) pp. 128–129.]
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Alasdair Óg Mac Domhnaill (died 1299?)
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Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill
In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love,Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. ''Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopedia of the Irish folk tradition''. Prentice-Hall Press ...
(died 1314×1318/c.1330)
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Eóin Mac Domhnaill (died c. 1387)
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Clan Donald
Feudalism in Scotland
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