Aonghus Mór

Scottish magnate · Models · Died 1294

Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century kingdoms of the Isles and Scotland. He was a son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, the eponym of Clann Domhnaill, a branch of Clann Somhairle. Aonghus Mór appears to have succeeded his father in the mid part of the thirteenth century.

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The apparent name of Alasdair Óg as it appears on folio 71v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).[35]

The apparent name of Domhnall mac Raghnaill as it appears on folio 47v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Dofnaldus".[61]

The seal of Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles.[64] The device depicts a sailing vessel on one side similar to that of Aonghus Mór.[65] To the rulers of the Isles, such vessels were symbols of power and authority.[66]

The name of Brian Ó Néill as it appears on folio 68r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489.[75]

A rook gaming piece of the Lewis chessmen.[83] The Scandinavian connections of leading members of the Isles may have been reflected in their military armament, and could have resembled that depicted upon such gaming pieces.[84] $The arms of Hákon Hákonarson depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica Majora).[97][[#L6|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I1|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 11]$ The arms of Hákon Hákonarson depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica Majora).[97][[#L6|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I1|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 11]

A king gaming piece of the Lewis chessmen.[115] Comprising some four sets,[116] the pieces are thought to have been crafted in Norway in the twelfth- and thirteenth centuries.[117] They were uncovered in Lewis in the early nineteenth century.[118][[#H4|Holton (2017)]] pp. 134-135; [[#C2|''Ceannaigh Duain t'Athar'' (2012)]]; [[#C9|Clancy (2012)]] p. 20-21; [[#H6|Hall (2011)]] p. 150; [[#C14|Caldwell; Hall; Wilkinson (2009)]] pp. 155, 155 n. 4, 177; [[#C18|Cheape (2001)]]; [[#S1|Sellar (2000)]] p. 207."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 12]

Locations relating to the expedition into the Lennox.

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At the time, the rulers of the Isles were fiercely independent of the Scottish Crown, and owed nominal allegiance to the distant Norwegian Crown. Aonghus Mór's first certain appearance in the historical record seems to evince his involvement in aiding native Irish kindreds against the consolidation of Anglo-Irish authority in the north-west of Ireland. Such cooperation could have been undertaken in the context of overseas kindreds like Clann Domhnaill constructing Irish alliances to gain assistance against Scottish encroachment.