1. Somerled

PURPOSE OF SITE
1.] ABBEY: KINGS/LORDS ENDOW-FINANCE & SUPERINTEND-BUILD.
- 2) "THE McDONALD" ABBEY HEIRS: Feudal tenure -"Functional Reciprosity".
- 3) ABBEY "COLLAPSED, IMPOVERISHED": Heirs enforce "Conditionality of Endowment". *MACDONALDS raise Cathedral.
1.] OVERVIEW - PAMPHLET
- (2.) Charts of Kings/Lords of Isles & Iona
- (3.) Summary of book's findings.
BOOK "CLAN DONALD & IONA ABBEY" - FULL CONTENTS LISTED HERE
1.] IONA INTERPRETATION FAULTS
- (2.) Main issue is with 5th and 8th Earls of Argyll
1.] ST ORAN'S CEMETERY
- (2.) Teampeall Odhrain. Tumulus Regum Insularum - Tomb of the King of the Isles
- (3) Secondary burial - "tradition of the country"
1.] KINGS & LORDS OF THE ISLES - GRAVESLAB ATTRIBUTION
- [2] BURIAL INTERPRETATION, BODY PARTS, MONUMENT LOCATIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS >
  - a. "FULL NOBLE BODY" - "Good John" eviscerated?
- [3] Other notable Clan Donald inscibed monuments
ANGUS OG's GRAVESLAB No. 150 - SAVIOR OF "THE BRUCE"
1.] ECCLESIASTICAL MACALLISTER NOBLEMEN
- (2.) Their descent from Alaxandair OG (complete Attachment) >
1.] "HAND OF ST COLUMBA" BODY PART RELIQUARY
- (2.) Golden Chalice, Plunder of Iona - Macleans of Duart & Glengarry
1.] CATHEDRAL OF THE ISLES RAISED BY LORDS OF ISLES
- (2.) Plaque for Clan Donald's Cathedral of the Isles.
1.] ARGYLL EARLS STRIP, DESTROY AND PLUNDER IONA
- (2.) 8th Duke of Argyll "Recrudescence of Romanism" >
  - 3. 19th century looting
20th CENTURY IONA ABBEY RESTORATION
IONA COMMUNITY
HISTORIC SCOTLAND IONA INTERPRETATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE
CLAN DONALD SERVICE, MICHAEL CHAPEL
1.] THE BOOK'S DEVELOPMENT & AUTHOR
- (2.) SUMMARY of book's findings
- (3.) Comments about book
1.] BIBLIOGRAPHY
- [2]. FILES OF MINE - LINKS
- RANALDUS
NEWSLETTERS
MAPS
WEB SITES
CONTACT - BUY BOOK
BLOG
- FREDERICK JOHN GRICE; ANZAC-100
GLOSSARY
Clan Donald Society Genealogy

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