Abstract
ABSTRACT: This article reexamines the debate about the paternity of Gofraid Méránach (d. 1095), king of the Isles and founder of the dynasty that ruled the Isles of Man for two centuries. Three medieval sources appear to provide conflicting accounts of Gofraid’s paternity. Drawing on recent research into the development of Gaelic surnames in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, this article argues that the conflict is more apparent than real, the result of the adoption of surnames in the Gaelic manner by the leading Hiberno-Scandinavian dynasties.
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