Ruari son of Somerled founded the MacRuari dynasty controlling Garmoran — the territory of Moidart, Knoydart, Morar, Ardnamurchan and the Outer Isles of Barra and Uist. The MacRuari sea-lords maintained the most authentically Norse-Gaelic character of Somerled successors and their territory would pass to the MacDonalds in the 1340s forming the backbone of the future Lordship of the Isles.
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