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3 unusual facts about Gofraid


Gofraid

Godred Magnusson, (fl. 1275) son of the last King of Mann and the Isles

Gofraid mac meic Arailt, Gofraid Méranech, "King Orry" or Godred Crovan (died 1095), ruler of Dublin, King of Mann and the Isles, grandfather of;

Gofraid mac Domnaill, came from Ireland to Ross and raised a rebellion in 1211


Godred Crovan

Irish annals record that this Gofraid was subject to the Irish King of Dublin, Murchad son of Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó of the Uí Cheinnselaig.

Gofraid mac Fergusa

Gofraid was claimed as an ancestor in the eighth generation of Somerled, progenitor of the Clann Somhairle and thus Clan Donald, and it seems that these entries were added to glorify Clan Donald.


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