The MacRuari lords of Garmoran engaged in intermittent naval conflicts against other Norwegian-vassal lords of the Hebrides in the 1220s and 1230s, maintaining their dominant position in the sea-lanes between Moidart and the Outer Isles. These actions were part of the complex power politics within the Norwegian-held Hebrides that preceded the main Norwegian-Scottish confrontation culminating at Largs in 1263.
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