Kingdom of the Rhinns

Na Renna in the 11th century Kingdom of the Isles

An excerpt from the Annals of Inisfallen.^[1]
The text refers to an event dated 1094, and reads in Irish "Macc Congail, rí na Rend, do marbad", which translates into English as "Congal's son, king of Na Renna, was slain".

Na Renna, or the Kingdom of the Rhinns, was a Norse-Gaelic lordship which appears in 11th century records. The Rhinns (Scottish Gaelic: Na Rannaibh) was a province in medieval Scotland, and comprised, along with Farines, the later Wigtownshire. The Martyrology of Óengus gives some idea of the kingdom's domain in the 11th century, as Dún Reichet (Dunragit) and Futerna (Whithorn) are said to lie in the kingdom, implying that it embraced the whole of later Wigtownshire.

List of known rulers

Three rulers are explicitly stated in the sources to have ruled this kingdom:

See also

• Diocese of Galloway
• Lord of Galloway
• Mull of Galloway
• Rhins of Galloway
• Stranraer

References

• Byrne, Francis J., "Na Renna", Peritia, vol. 1 (1982), p. 267
• Russell, Paul (ed.), Vita Griffini Filii Conani: The Medieval Latin Life of Gruffudd Ap Cynan, (Cardiff, 2005)
• Stokes, Whitley, Félire Óengusso Célí Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, (London, 1905; reprinted, Dublin, 1984)

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