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In an Irish poem relating to the Kingdom of the Isles, copied from a fragment of an Irish M.S. written about A.D. 1600 in the possession of W.M. Hennessy, collated with a copy contained in the Book of Fermoy transcribed about A.D. 1457, we find this:-
A Radhnaill a ri Cola Gach ni ad ghlanluing do gheabha Rug ar shluagh sniomh an mhara Fion tona fhuar na heala.
Or, in translation: -
Oh Raghnall, oh King of Coll, All things in thy fair ship thou'lt find Which to the host has the winding sea brought, The thin cold wine of the swans.
Reginald, a son of Somerled, ruled over part of the Isles from 1164 to 1204. Also there was Reginald, son of Godred, Norwegian King of the Isles from 1188 to 1266. |