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The land Of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland has been fought over for as long as the island existed. First the unknown tribes were defeated by the Gaels in the 6th century, they would then form the kingdom of Dal Riata which withstood pictish and Norse invasions for quite some time. But eventually Dal Riata would fall to a great Norse invasion and in the 9th century, Islay would become part of the kingdom of the isles, and the Norse settlers would pledge the island to the crown of Norway. A century later the isles would claim their freedom as an independent kingdom. This angered Magnus Olafsson king of Norway, who would send a force to reclaim his lost island kingdom. This resulted in 200 years of war, between the kingdom of the isles, Norway and the new United Scotland. Eventually the fighting would stop when the Norwegian king was killed and in 1266, king Alexander the 3rd of Scotland would form a treaty with the kingdom of the isles. They would be a semi-independent authority, under the rule of the Scottish crown. The descendants of those who rebelled against the Norwegian rule were now known as clan MacDonald and in 1336 John MacDonald of Islay adopted the title Dominus Insularum Lord of the Isles. John and his descendants ruled the islands for many years, until in 1462 where the made the great mistake of allying themselves with Edward the 4th of England in the hope of conquering Scotland. Unfortunately for the MacDonald’s, this was at the onset of the English war of the roses and King Edward had more to worry about than Scotland. King James would learn of the MacDonald’s treason and demand that the lord of the isles forfeit all titles and land to the Scottish crown. Islay and the rest of the isles were now officially Scottish land and, in the years, to come, King James would grant those loyal to the throne the land and estates on the isles. This was Clan MacLean, the new lord of the isles under the Scottish king. But in 1545 due to there service to the crown some of the MacDonald holdings on Islay would be restored. This is where our story takes place. war had once again come to the isles; the MacLean’s were furious about losing their land to the traitorous MacDonald’s who saw the islands as there birth right. The Dubh Sith and the battle of Traigh Ghruinneart.
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