FILES OF MINE ACCESSED BY LINKS THROUGHOUT THE SITE ARE LISTED HERE (not books, other sites).
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W. Sacherverell Esq., Governor of Mann, 1688 :- link to p. 135; 1702 Ed.)
1859 Ed. An account of the Isle of Man : its inhabitants, language, soil, remarkable curiosities ... with a voyage to I-Columb-Kill.
KING REGINALD (d. 1207) AND HIS IMMEDIATE HEIRS THE CLAN DONALD LORDS OF THE ISLES, WERE THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIERS AND BUILDERS OF IONA ABBEY AND NUNNERY
IT WAS NOT, AS MOST COMMONLY PORTRAYED DESPITE ALL THE ABOVE, THE IONA BBOTT ...... OR THE "MAC SOMERLEDS" ..... OR THE ROMAN CHURCH..... OR THE BENEDICTINE ORDER ..... OR 'THE MONKS'.
"THE MC DOMHNAILL"
"the first MacDonald"
[Mac Dhomhnaill, in its various forms, started to become an ‘early surname’ for some of the chief's family of “de Insulis” kindred from around 1400 (earlier in Ireland) but did not became an established surname for the whole clan until after 1500.This is very
different to recognition of the Clann Domhnaill and being “one of the Clan Donald” – ie, Dhomhnullach. This occurred from at least mid to late 13th century.
independent sea kingdom
spiritual service, salvation for their souls (and for kin, descendants and ancestors)
The Abbey in fact provided a whole range of other reciprocal services for the Clan Donald Chiefs
“The members of this branch (Clan Donald) turned early to Ireland and rarely if ever went to Norway.”
Clan Donald Lord, John II, instead of just economically restoring the existing dilapidated Abbey church, obviously used his treasury and resources to significantly enlarge and enhance it (over 1450 to 1476 - 1st forfeiture),
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W. Sacherverell Esq., Governor of Mann, 1688 :- link to p. 135; 1702 Ed.)
1859 Ed. An account of the Isle of Man : its inhabitants, language, soil, remarkable curiosities ... with a voyage to I-Columb-Kill.
KING REGINALD (d. 1207) AND HIS IMMEDIATE HEIRS THE CLAN DONALD LORDS OF THE ISLES, WERE THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIERS AND BUILDERS OF IONA ABBEY AND NUNNERY
IT WAS NOT, AS MOST COMMONLY PORTRAYED DESPITE ALL THE ABOVE, THE IONA BBOTT ...... OR THE "MAC SOMERLEDS" ..... OR THE ROMAN CHURCH..... OR THE BENEDICTINE ORDER ..... OR 'THE MONKS'.
"THE MC DOMHNAILL"
"the first MacDonald"
[Mac Dhomhnaill, in its various forms, started to become an ‘early surname’ for some of the chief's family of “de Insulis” kindred from around 1400 (earlier in Ireland) but did not became an established surname for the whole clan until after 1500.This is very
different to recognition of the Clann Domhnaill and being “one of the Clan Donald” – ie, Dhomhnullach. This occurred from at least mid to late 13th century.
independent sea kingdom
spiritual service, salvation for their souls (and for kin, descendants and ancestors)
The Abbey in fact provided a whole range of other reciprocal services for the Clan Donald Chiefs
“The members of this branch (Clan Donald) turned early to Ireland and rarely if ever went to Norway.”
Clan Donald Lord, John II, instead of just economically restoring the existing dilapidated Abbey church, obviously used his treasury and resources to significantly enlarge and enhance it (over 1450 to 1476 - 1st forfeiture),
