Solamh Unknown

Born [date unknown] in Dublin, Ireland

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A well known line of ancestors sometimes given for Somerled of the Kingdom of the Isles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerled ^[1] An ancestor of the MacDonnells of Antrim and the Lords of the Isles - Solamh (Solomon] son of Meargach (Inearghch) and grandson of Suibhneach; and father of Goilla Adhamnan ^[2]

this is part of a parallel upload that needs merging - see this discussion The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled: Gofraid mac Fergusa and ‘The Annals of the Four Masters’ Alex Woolf pdf University of St Andrews who tables the versions Solam / Solamh / Solumh / Solomh / Solam on page 3.

An ancestor of the MacDonnells of Antrim and the Lords of the Isles - Solamh (Solomon] son of Meargach (Inearghch) and grandson of Suibhneach; and father of Goilla Adhamnan ^[3]

"Solmund / Solamh (Solomon); married into family of St. Columba, whose emblem was a hand holding a cross." Google Groups : SOMERLED, Lord of the Isles quoting The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled: Gofraid mac Fergusa and ‘The Annals of the Four Masters’ Alex Woolf pdf University of St Andrews who tables the versions Solam / Solamh / Solumh / Solomh / Solam on page 3.

He died about 1085^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ see this discussion - "Solmund / Solamh (Solomon); married into family of St. Columba, whose emblem was a hand holding a cross." Google Groups : SOMERLED, Lord of the Isles
2. ↑ MacDonnell of Antrim family pedigree - Library Ireland
3. ↑ MacDonnell of Antrim family pedigree - Library Ireland
4. ↑ Based on other family's death dates

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