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...
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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...
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of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand...
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Lord of the Isles or King of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Triath nan Eilean or Rìgh Innse Gall; Latin: Dominus Insularum) is a title of nobility in the Baronage...
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most of Mercia. In the 9th century, Norsemen established the thalassocratic Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man. Magnus III, King of Norway...
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Iona (redirect from Isle of Iona)
as the monastery was abandoned. As the Norse domination of the west coast of Scotland advanced, Iona became part of the Kingdom of the Isles. The Norse...
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suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles. Since 1504, the head of state has...
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The Isles of Scilly (/ˈsɪli/ SIL-ee; Standard Written Form: Syllan, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of...
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Islay (redirect from Isle of Islay)
high point" with the transfer of the Hebrides to the Kingdom of Scotland and the emergence of the Clan Donald Lordship of the Isles, originally centred...
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the 9th century, Viking invasions led to the destruction of Dál Riata and its replacement by the Norse Kingdom of the Isles, which became part of the...
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terms: The British Isles is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man...
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Norse control and formed part of the Kingdom of the Isles, ruled by the Crovan dynasty. However, in the 12th century, the island, along with Arran, was...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles))
əɲ ˈiəɾ] or na h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean...
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found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included are the Channel...
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thus, the list is therefore precisely a list of the 2,756 Simms in the British Isles (as at October 2022). Many classifications of mountains in the British...
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The Treshnish Isles are an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland. They are part of the Inner Hebrides...
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The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles, are a small archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for...
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Look up isles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Isles may refer to: Island British Isles, often referred to as "the Isles" Kingdom of the Isles, a medieval...
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and protectorate, 1920–1963 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe Rwanda Kingdom of Rwanda (complete list) – Yuhi V Musinga, King...
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British protectorate, 1894–1962 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe Horn of Africa area Djibouti French Somaliland (complete...
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Muck, Scotland (redirect from Isle of Muck)
Eilean nam Muc) is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Today, much of the island is used for...
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The Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland lie off the northernmost tip of Britain. By the Iron Age, they were part of the Pictish kingdom. From the late...
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was once part of the Norse Kingdom of the Isles. Today, life is very different from elsewhere in Scotland, with Sabbath observance, the Scottish Gaelic...
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of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of...
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Somerled (redirect from Sumerled of the Isles)
the Kingdom of Argyll and the Isles. [better source needed] Little is certain of Somerled's origins, although he may have been born in the north of Ireland...
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Barra (redirect from Isle of Barra)
Garmoran in the hands of Amy of Garmoran. The southern parts of the Kingdom of the Isles had become the Lordship of the Isles, ruled by the MacDonalds...
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Manx people (redirect from People of the Isle of Man)
to the diaspora of the Gaelic ethnolinguistic group, which now populate the parts of the British Isles and Ireland which once were the Kingdom of the Isles...
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The Flannan Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately...
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Kingdom under British Isles, Europe The Bahamas Colony of the Bahamas (complete list) – British colony, 1648–1973 For details see the United Kingdom under...
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The Northern Isles (Scots: Northern Isles; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago)...
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