. . . . . . . . "Simplified pedigree of the Clann Suibhne illustrating Murchadh's place in the kindred."@en . . . . "Refer to caption"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Murchadh's name as it appears on folio 68v of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 489 ."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "25.0"^^ . . "100405"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Murchadh Mac Suibhne (died 1267) was a leading member of Clann Suibhne. He was a grandson of the family's eponymous ancestor Suibhne mac Duinn Shl\u00E9ibhe, and a nephew of the family's mid-thirteenth-century representative, Dubhghall mac Suibhne."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The flight-shy ring-users of the swayer of the din of spears pulled the boats along the broad beach-paths. The fearless war-men of honour devastated the islands in the widely inhabited lake with spear-winds."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Maol Mhuire an Spar\u00E1in"@en . . . . . . . . . "Murchadh Mac Suibhne"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "left"@en . "\u2014 excerpt from Hrafnsm\u00E1l, by Sturla \u00DE\u00F3r\u00F0arson, extolling the devastation of the Lennox by a detachment of Islesmen including Murchadh himself."@en . . . "1267"^^ . . "Murchadh Mac Suibhne (died 1267) was a leading member of Clann Suibhne. He was a grandson of the family's eponymous ancestor Suibhne mac Duinn Shl\u00E9ibhe, and a nephew of the family's mid-thirteenth-century representative, Dubhghall mac Suibhne. During the latter's career, the Scottish Crown sought to extend royal authority into Argyll and the Isles. In the course of this westward drive, Clann Suibhne fell prey to the Stewarts, one of Scotland's most powerful and families. Charter evidence dating to the early 1260s reveals that Dubhghall resigned the Clann Suibhne lordship into the hands of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith. Whether this transfer was the result of a military operation against Clann Suibhne is unknown. The fact that some members of Clann Suibhne were unwilling to subject themselves to Stewart domination is evinced by the record of Murchadh supporting the cause of H\u00E1kon H\u00E1konarson, King of Norway, who led a retaliatory campaign to reassert Norwegian authority in 1263. Murchadh played a prominent part in this campaign. He was amongst the Islesmen commanded a detachment of H\u00E1kon's fleet into Loch Lomond, where they devastated the Lennox district. Upon the close of the campaign, Murchadh was rewarded the lordship of Arran for his services. Unfortunately for Murchadh and his family, Scottish power remained unbroken after H\u00E1kon withdrew from the region. Scottish forces are reported to have led retaliatory campaigns into the Isles the following year. As such, Murchadh appears to have had little choice but to submit to the Scots. A son of his is certainly recorded to have been kept as a royal hostage. Although Clann Suibhne's lordship in Argyll appears to have ended by the 1260s, the family was evidently closely associated with the U\u00ED Domhnaill kindred in Ireland. Later generations of Clann Suibhne chieftains certainly commanded gallowglass warriors on behalf of the U\u00ED Domhnaill and other Irish families. Murchadh himself may have met his end pursuing such a career, as he is reported to have died a prisoner of Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster in 1267, having been taken prisoner in Connacht."@en . . . . "Murchadh Mac Suibhne"@en . "1120665512"^^ . . . . . "cornsilk"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "center"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "35296681"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Murchadh Mac Suibhne"@en . . "Maol Mhuire mac Suibhne"@en . . . . . . . . . .