Former Scottish Polities
Barra
c.800 Island of Barra under Viking control
900 - 1140 To Orkney
1140 - 1494 Part of the Lordship of the Isles (Outer Hebrides)
1427 Barra granted to the MacNeil clan by the Lord of the Isles
1494 Part of Scotland (Western Isles) thereafter
1688 Lordship of Barra a Baronetcy of the Crown of Scotland
1838 Barra estate sold and most of the population cleared
1938 Barra estate re-purchased by the Chief of Clan MacNeil
Lords
880 Kjarval (Cearbhall I of Ossory?)
1033 MacNeil (UiNial), Anrothan
Naill I "of the Castle"
Aodh
Donal
Muircheartach I
Niall II
Naill III Og "the Young"
Muircheartach II
Ruari
1427 - 14.. MacNeil, Gilleonan I
14.. - 14.. MacLean, John Garbh
14.. - 14.. MacNeil, Roderick I
1495 - 15.. MacNeil, Gilleonan II
15.. - 15.. MacNeil, Gilleonan III
1545 - 1578 MacNeil, Gilleonan IV
1578 - 1594 MacNeil, Roderick II Og "the young"
1594 - 16.. MacNeil, Roderick III "the turbulant"
16.. - 1651 MacNeil, Niall IV Og
16.. - 16.. MacNeil, Gilleonan V
Barons
1688 - 1715 MacNeil, Roderick IV "the Black"
1747 - 1763 MacNeil, Roderick V "the Dove of the West"
1763 - 1822 MacNeil, Roderick VI "the Gentle"
1822 - 1863 MacNeil, Roderick VII "the General"
1863 - 1880 MacNeil, Donald McGougan
1880 - 1893 MacNeil, Iain
1863 - 1914 MacNeil, Roderick VIII
1914 - 1970 MacNeil, Robert Lister
1970 - 2010 MacNeil, Ian Roderick
2010 - MacNeil, Roderick Wilson
Dál Riata
c.498 Kingdom of Dál Riata
c.6.. - 685 Tributary of the Kingdom of Northumbria
c.685 Tricutary of the Kingdom of Picts
c.736 - 750 Pictish rule
843 United with Pictavia as Kingdom of Alba
Kings
4.. - 4.. Loarn mac Eirc
498 - 12 Oct 501 Fergus Mór mac Earca
12 Oct 501 - 507 Domangairt Réti
5.. - 537 Comgall mac Domangairt
5.. - 5.. Gabráin mac Domangairt "the traitor"
c.558 - 574 Conall I mac Comgaill
c. 574 - 609 Áedán mac Gabráin (Aodhán mac Gabhráin)
c. 609 - 629 Eochaidh Buide
c. 629 - 642 Domnall mac Echdach (Donald Brecc) "the Freckled"
c. 642 - 650 Ferchair I mac Connaid
c. 650 - 654 Dúnchadh mac Dúbáin (Dúnchad mac Conaing)
c. 650 - 660 Conall mac Echdach (Conall Crandomma)
c. 660 - 673 Domangairt mac Domnaill
c. 673 - 688 Máel Dúin mac Conaill
c. 688 - 696 Domnall Donn
c. 696 - 697 Ferchair II Fota "the Tall"
697 Eochadh mac Domangairt
697 - 698 Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
698 - 700 Fiannamail ua Dúnchado
700 - 707 Bécc ua Dúnchado
707 - 721 Dúnchado Bécc
721 - 723 Selbach mac Ferchair
723 - 726 Dúnghal mac Selbaigh
726 - 733 Eochaidh mac Echdach
733 - 736 Muiredach mac Ainbcellaigh
736 - 7.. Eóghain mac Muiredaig
7.. - 741 Indrechtach mac Fiannamail
768 - 778 Áedh find mac Eochadha "the White"
778 - 781 Ferghus mac Eochadha
781 - 792 Donncoirce
781 - 805 Selbach mac Eóghain
805 - 807 Conall mac Taidhc
807 - 811 Conall mac Áedáin
811 - 835 Domhnall mac Caustantín
835 - 839 Áedh mac Boanta
831 - 20 Jul 834 Alpín mac Echdach
c. 914 Dairmaid mac Sealbhaigh
Galloway (Gallgeidhael)
138 - 162 Part of the Roman Empire
162 - 369 To the Novantae
369 - 400 To Rome
c. 450 Galloway given to the son of the king of Alt Clut
550 - 638 to Rheged
638 - 700 To the Kingdom of Man
700 - 740 To Northumbria
740 - 830 To Alt Clut
830 - 839 to Dal Riata
839 - 870 to Alt Clut
870 - 875 to Dublin
875 - 9.. To Jorvik
9.. - 1000 To Strathclyde
c.950 Norse rule
1000 - 1057 To Orkney
1057 To Scotland
Rulers
4.. - 4.. Tutgwal Theodovellaunus ap Cinuit
4.. - 5.. Dingat ap Tutgwal
5.. - 550 Sennylt ap Dingat
830 - 836 Alpín mac Echdach
9.. Ronald
9.. - 9.. Suibe mac Cináeda
(Outer) Hebrides (na h-Eileanan [Western Isles])
2000 BC Hebrides the realm of the mythical king Net
c. 500 - 848 Part of Dal Riada
c. 848 Norse Viking Lordship of the Hebrides
941 Part of Kingdom of Man and the Isles
1164 Kingdom of the Isles divided into two kingdoms, the North (Hebridies)
and South Isles following the death of Somerled; the islands are inherited by his sons
1237 - 1597 Lewis and Harris under the McLeod clan and then the MacKenzie clan
1266 Part of Scotland
1266 - 1494 Semi-independent under the MacDonald clan
1494 Title of "Lord of the Isles" held by the Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales from 1603)
1598 - 1609 Lewis and Harris awarded to 12 lowlander colonists by James V
1609 - 1716 Lewis and Harris under the MacKenzie Earls of Seaforth
1794 - 1975 Divided between Inverness-shire and Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
16 May 1975 Western Isles Islands Council created (abolition of former Scottish council areas)
1995 Western Isles Council
27 Apr 1997 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the Western Isles)
2000 BC Net (mythical King of the Hebrides)
800 AD Gothfrith
853 - 866 Ketil "Flatnose"
866 - 870 Helgi Ketilsson
870 Solvi Hunthjofsson "the splitter"
88. - 88. Olaf Ingjaldsson "the white"
88. - 890 Thorstein Olafson "the Red" (Olaf of Dublin)
96. - 973 Maccus
9.. Gilli
1000 Lagman
1065 Gilledoman
1113 - 1153 Olaf Bitling
Lord of the Isles
1140 - 1164 Somhairlidh =Somerled
1164 - 1175 Dubhghaill mac Somairle =Dugald I
1164 - 1207 Ragnall mac Somairle =Ranald
12.. - 1244 Donnchadh mac Dubgaill (Duncan)
12.. - 12.. Dubhghaill mac Dubgaill =Dugald II
12.. - 1230 Somairle mac Dubgaill =Somerland
1207 - 1247 Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill =Rory
1248 - 1263 Eoghan mac Dubhghaill =Ewen
1249 - 1264 Dubhghaill mac Ruaidhri =Dugald III
1266 - 1296 MacDonald, Aonghas I (Angus I)
1296 - 1299 MacDonald, Alasdair I (Alexander I)
1299 - 1330 MacDonald, Aonghas II (Angus II)
1336 - 1386 MacDonald, Eóin I Mac Dómhnall (John I of Islay)
1386 - 1423 MacDonald, Dómhnall (Donald of Islay)
1423 - 1449 MacDonald, Alasdair II MacDomhnaill (Alexander II of Islay)
1449 - 1476 MacDonald, Eóin II Mac Dómhnall (John II of Islay)
(stripped of his lands by James III)
1476 - 1490 MacDonald, Aonghas (III) Og (Angus of Islay)
(in rebellion)
1494 - 1651 The Dukes of Rothesay
1501 - 1545 MacDonald, Dómhnall Dubh (Donald "the Black")
(in rebellion and prisoner of the Scottish Crown 1506-1543)
1660 - The Dukes of Rothesay
Lord-Lieutenants of the Western Isles
13 Apr 1975 - 1983 Maj. Samuel Longbotham
14 Apr 1983 - 07 Dec 1993 Granville James Leveson-Gower,
5th Earl of Granville
07 Dec 1993 - 22 Mar 2000 Flt Lt. John William Morrison,
2nd Viscount Dunrossil
27 Apr 2001 - 16 Nov 2016 Alexander "Sandy" Matheson
20 Dec 2016 - 21 Mar 2022 Donald Martin
21 Mar 2021 - Iain Macaulay
Convenors for the Council of the Western Isles
1975 - 1982 Angus Campbell
1982 - 1990 Alexander "Sandy" Matheson
1990 - 1991 Donald Macauley
1991 - 1994 Donald MacLeod
1994 - 1999 Donald Mackay
1999 - 2012 Alexander MacDonald
2012 - 2022 Norman MacDonald
2022 - Kenneth MacLeod
Leaders of the Council
2007 - 2017 Angus Campbell
2017 - 2022 Roddie MacKay
2022 - Paul Steele
Chief Executive
2005 - Malcolm Burr
Iona
c. 3.. Establishment of the druid library on Iona
410 Irish rule
563 Founding of Iona Abbey by St Columba
838 - 1098 Bishopric of Iona
908 Primacy transfered to St Andrew's
1203 Founding of the Benedictine Monastery of Iona
11 Aug 1615 Iona Abbey is annexed to the Bishopric of the Isles
Abbots of Iona Abbey
563 - 09 Jun 597 Colum Cille mac Fedelmtheo (St Columba)
597 - 598 Baithéne mac Brénaind
598 - 16 Sep 605 Lasrén mac Feradaig
605 - 02 Mar 623 Fergno Britt mac Faílbí
623 - 12 Aug 652 Ségéne mac Fiachnaí
652 - 11 Jan 657 Suibne moccu Fir Thrí
657 - 24 Feb 669 Cumméne Find
669 - 22 Mar 679 Fáilbe mac Pípáin
679 - 23 Sep 704 Adommnán mac Rónáin
704 - 707 Conamailmac Faílbi
707 - 713 Dúnchad mac Cinn Faelad (1st Time)
28 Oct 713 Dorbbéne mac Altaini
713 - 25 May 717 Dunchad mac Cinn Fáelad (2nd Time)
717 - 722 Fáelchú mac Dorbbéni
722 Fedelmid
722 - 726 Cilléne Fota
726 - 752 Cilléne Droichtech
752 - 766 Sléibine mac Congaile
766 - 771 Suibne
771 - 801 Bresal mac Ségéni
801 - 802 Connachtach
802 - 814 Cellach mac Congaile
814 - 831 Dairmait daltae Daigri
832 - 854 Indrechtach ua Fínnachta
854 - 865 Cellach mac Ailello
865 - 880 Feradach mac Cormaic
881 - 20 Apr 891 Flann mac Maíle Dúin
891 - 27 Feb 927 Máel Brigte mac Tornáin
927 - 935 Aongas McMuircert
935 - 938 Dubthach mac Dubáin
938 - 947 Cáenchomrac
947 - 954 Robartach
954 - 959 Dub Dúin ua Stepháin
959 - 964 Dub Scoile mac Cináeda
965 - 977 Fiachra
977 - 985 Mugrón
985 - 24 Dec 986 Máel Ciaráin ua Maigne
987 - 989 Dúnchad Ua Robacháin
989 - 998 Dub dá Leithe mac Cellaig
998 - 1005 Máel Brigte mac Rímeda
1005 - 1007 Muiredach mac Cricháin
1007 - 1008 Ferdomnach
1008 - 1009 Máel Muire Ua hUchtáin (1st Time)
1009 - 1025 Flandabra
1025 Máel Eóin Ua Toráin
1025 - 1040 Máel Muire Ua hUchtáin (2nd Time)
1040 - 1057 Murchad mac Flainn ua Máel Sechlainn
1057 Robartach mac Ferdomnaih
1057 - 1062 Gilla Crist Ua Mail Doraid
1062 - 1070 Mac meic Báethéne
1070 - 1098 Domnall mac Robartaig
1098 - 1099 Donnchad mac meic Máenaig
Kingdom of the Isles
c. 500 - 848 Part of Dal Riada
c. 848 Norse Viking Lordship of the Hebrides
941 Kingdom of Man and the Isles
1164 Divided into two kingdoms, the North and South Isles
1266 Part of Scotland
Kings of the Isles
848 ....
853 Gofraid I mac Fergusa
872 - 873 Gofraidh (Goðrið)
873 Ímar (Ivarr hin Beinlausi)
873 Amlaíb Conung (Óláfr)
874 Ásbjorn skerjablesi
890 - 900 Caitill (Ketill Björnsson) "Flatnose"
900 - 941 ....
941 - 980 Amlaín mac Sitric Cuarán (Óláfr Sigtryggsson)
980 - 98. Maccus mac Arailt (Maccus Haroldsson)
98. - 989 Gofraid II mac Arailt (Guðroeðr Haroldsson)
990 - 10.. Gilli
10.. - 1005 Ragnall mac Gofraid (Ragnall Goðriðsson)
1005 - 1014 Sigarð Hloðvirsson "the Stout"
(Jarl of Orkney)
1014 - 1016 Einarr rangmunnr Sigarðsson "Wry-mouth"
1016 - 1030 Håkon Eiríksson
1030 - 1034 Amlaíb mac Sitriuc (Óláf Sigtryggsson)
1034 - 1058 Thorfinnr Sigurdsson "the Mighty"
1045 Ímar mac Arailt (Ivarr Haroldsson)
(King of Dublin)
1052 - 1061 Echmarcach mac Ragnaill
(King of Dublin)
1061 - 1070 Murchad mac Diarmata
1070 - 1072 Diatmait mac Maél na mBó
(King of Ireland)
10.. - 1074 Gofraid mac Sitriuc (Goðreð Sigtryggssson)
1074 - 1079 Fingal mac Godfraid (Fingal Goðreðsson)
1079 - 1094 Gofraid Crobán (Goðred Meránach)
1095 - 1098 Lagmann mac Gofraid (Lagmaðr Guðröðarson)
1112 - 1152 Olave Godredsson (Óláfr Guðröðarson) ("the Red")
1154 - 1156 Godred the Black (Guðröðr Óláfsson) (1st Time)
1158 - 1164 Somhairlidh (Somerled)
Orkney (Arcaibh)
892 Earldom of Orkney (under Norway)
900 Shetland Islands under Orkney
1098 The Shetland Isles part of the Jarldom of Orkney (Northern Isles)
1236 Scottish jarls under Norway
1470 Under Scotland directly
1947 Orkney separated from Shetland
Earls
875 - 892 Sigurð Eysteinsson
892 - 893 Guthorm Sigurðsson
895 - 910 Einarr Rognvaldarson "Torf-Einarr"
910 Arnkel Torf-Einarsson
910 Erlend Torf-Einarsson
910 - 963 Thorfinnr Torf-Einarsson "Skull-splitter"
963 - 9.. Arnfinn Thorfinnsson
9.. - 9.. Havarðr Thorfinsson ( Havarðr in arsaeli) "Harvest-happy"
9.. - 980 Ljot Thorfinnsson
980 - 988 Hloðvir Thorfinnsson
991 - 23 Apr 1014 Sigurð Hloðvirsson
1014 Sumarliði Sigurðsson
1014 - 103. Brusi Sigurðsson
1014 - 1020 Einar Sigurðsson "Einar Wry-mouth"
1016 - 1065 Thorfinn Sigurðsson "the Mighty"
1036 - 1046 Rögnvald Brusason
1065 - 1098 Pál Thorfinnsson
1065 - 1098 Erlend Thorfinnsson
1098 - 1103 Sigurð I Magnusson (Sigurð Jorsalafari)
1105 - 1123 Haakon Pálsson
1106 - 1115 Magnús I Erlendsson (St. Magnus "the Martyr")
1122 - 1127 Harald Haakonsson
1122 - 1137 Pál Haakonsson
1136 - 1139 Rögnvald Kali Kolsson "St. Ronald of Orkney)
1139 - 1206 Haraldr Maddaðsson
1151 - 21 Dec 1154 Erlend Haraldsson
1191 Harald Eiriksson
1206 - 1214 David Haraldsson
1206 - 1231 Jón Haraldsson
1236 - 1239 Magnús II
1239 - 12.. Gilbert
12.. - 1256 Gilbert Magnússon (Gille Brigte)
1256 - 1273 Magnús III
1273 - 1284 Magnús IV Magnússon
1284 - 1303 Jón Magnússon
1303 - 1320 Magnús Jónsson
1330 - 1350 Maol Iosa (Malise V of Caithness and Strathearn)
1353 - 1360 Erengisle Suneson of Hultboda
1375 - 1376 Alastair of Ard
1379 - 1400 Henry I Sinclair (of Caithness and Strathearn)
1400 - 01 Feb 1420 Henry II
1434 - 1470 William Sinclair (of Caithness and Strathearn)
Lord-Lieutenants of Orkney and Shetland
1715 - 1730 James Douglas, 12th Earl of Morton
1735 - 1738 George Douglas, Earl of Morton ............... 1662-1738
17 Mar 1794 - 14 Jun 1820 Lord Thomas Dundas ........................... 1741-1820
10 May 1831 - 19 Feb 1839 Lawrence Douglas, Earl of Zetland ............ 1766-1839
30 Mar 1839 - 14 Feb 1866 John Charles Dundas .......................... 1808-1866
07 Mar 1866 - 26 Oct 1872 Frederick Dundas ............................. 1802-1872
18 Dec 1872 - 13 Sep 1892 John Charles Dundas .......................... 1845-1892
05 Nov 1892 - 10 Dec 1917 Malcolm Alfred Laing
1919 - 1930 Sir William Watson Cheyne,
Baronet of Leagarth ......................... 1852-1932
1930 - 1947 Alfred Baikie
Lord-Lieutenants of Orkney
08 Apr 1948 - 26 Sep 1958 Patrick Neale Sutherland Graeme
15 Jan 1959 - 18 May 1966 Robert Scarth
29 Jul 1966 - 19 May 1972 Col. Henry William Scarth
02 Aug 1972 - 1990 Col. Sir Robert Macrae
26 Apr 1990 - 30 Aug 1996 Brig. Malcolm Dennison
28 Apr 1997 - 2007 George Marwick
12 Mat 2007 - 17 May 2013 Anthony Robert Trickett
18 Feb 2014 - 20 Jan 2020 James William Spence
29 Jan 2020 - Elizabeth Elaine Grieve
Convenors of the Orkney Islands Council
1974 - 1978 George Marwick
1978 - 1990 Edwin Eunson
1990 - 1994 Jacqueline Tait
1994 - 2003 Hugh Halcro-Johnston
2003 - 2012 Stephen Hagan
2012 - 2017 Steven Heddle
2017 - 2022 Harvey Johnston
17 May 2022 - Graham Bevan
Leaders of the Council
2017 - 2024 James Stockan
20 Feb 2024 - Heather Woodbridge
Chief Executive
2023 - Oliver Reid
Pictavia (Pictland)
Kings of Picts
311 - 341 Vipoig
341 - 345 Canatumel (Canutulachama)
345 - 347 Úradech
347 - 387 Gartnait II
387 - 412 Talorg mac Achiuir
412 - 452 Drost (Drest) I MacErp = Durst I
452 - 456 Talorg I MacAnail = Talorc I
456 - 480 Nechtan I MacUuirp (Morbet or Celmchamoth)
480 - 510 Drost II Gurthinmac
510 - 522 Galan Gurthinmoch
522 - 530 Drost III MacUudrost
522 - 531 Drost IV MacGurom
531 - 537 Garthait I MacGirom
537 - 538 Cailtram MacGirom
538 - 549 Talorc II MacMurtolic
549 - 550 Drost V MacManath
550 - 555 Galam Cennalath
555 - 584 Bridhei I (Bruide) mac Mailcon
584 - 595 Gartnait II (Gartnaidh) mac Domhaill
595 - 616 Nechtan II (Nehhton) mac Canainn)
616 - 631 Cenoydh map Lugthrein (Cinaedh mac Lutrin) = Kenneth I
631 - 635 Gartnait III (Gartnaidh) mac Uuid
635 - 641 Bridhei II mac Uuid (Bruide mac Forith)
641 - 653 Talorg III (Talorcan mac Foith) = Talorc III
653 - 657 Talorgan
657 - 663 Gartnait IV (Gartnaidh) mac Domhnaill
663 - 672 Drost VI mac Domhnaill
672 - 693 Bridhei III (Bruide) mac Bili
693 - 697 Taran mac Ainfidaigh
697 - 706 Bridhei IV (Bruide) mac-Der-Ilei
706 - 724 Nechtan III mac Der-Ilei (1st Time)
724 - 726 Drost VII
726 - 728 Elpin I (Alpín I)
728 - 729 Nechtan III mac Der-Ilei (2nd Time)
729 - 761 Onuist map Vurguist (Óenegus mac Fergusso) = Angus I
761 - 763 Bridhei V (Bruide mac Ferghusa) map Úrguist
763 - 775 Cemoydh II map Úroidech (Cinaedh mac Feradaigh) = Kenneth II
775 - 778 Elpín II map Uuroid (Alpín mac Feredaig)
778 - 782 Talorg II (Talorcain) = Talorc II
782 - 783 Drost VIII map Talorgen (Drest mac Talorcain)
783 - 785 Talorg III (Talorcain mac Onuist)
785 - 789 Conall mac Taidg
789 - 820 Castantin map Urguist (Causantin mac Ferghusa) = Constantine I
820 - 834 Onuist map Urguist (Óenghus mac Ferghusa)
834 - 836 Drost IX map Castantin)
836 - 839 Úen map Onuist (Eogen mac Óenghusa) = Owen
839 - 843 Úrad map Bargoit (Feradach mac Bargoit)
839 - 842 Uurad map Bargoit (Ferat mac Bargoit)
842 - 843 Bridhei VI map Uurad (Brude mac Ferat)
843 Cenoydh III map Elpin (Cinaedh mac Ailpin)
843 - 858 Cenoydh IV map Elpin (Cinaedh mac Ailpin) = Kenneth IV
843 - 845 Bridhei VII map Uuthoil (Brude mac Fochel)
845 - 848 Drost X map Uurad (Drest mac Ferat)
Note: The Picts, called Picti by the Romans from the Greek Pyktis ('the painted ones'),
were a Brittonic people thought to be descended from the Caledonii tribe. The Picts' own name for themselves is unknown as their language was never transcribed. As the Romans described all unconquered peoples in the north 'Picti' it is also likely they were not all the same. The Picts eventually became Celticised and were later forcibly incorporated into the Scottish kingdom.
Moray
1147 To Scotlan
Pitish rulers
1CE Moireadh
500 Urien
Mormaer
8.. 862 Máil Brigti I
8.. - 9.. Ruadri
Cathmail
Domnald
Morgan
Domnall
Donnchad
Ruadri
Máil Brigti II
1014 - 1020 Findláech mac Ruaidri
1020 - 1029 Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti (Malcolm)
1029 - 1032 Gille Coemgáin mac Máil Brigti
1032 - 1037 Mac Bethad mac Findláich (Macbeth)
1057 - 1058 Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin
1058 - 1078 Máel Snechtai mac Luláich
1078 - 1116 Áedh
1116 - 1130 Óengus mac inghine Luláich
1130 - 1147 Uilleam mac Donnchada (William fitz Duncan)
Shetland Islands (Zetland)
c. 400 - 800 To the Picts
c.800 Norse settlement (called "Hjaltland")
900 Part of Jarldom of Orkney (Northern Isles)
1098 - 1470 To Norway (under Denmark from 1380)
1472 Part of Scotland (Gaelic name "Sealtainn")
1707 Part of Great Britain
1715 - 1947 Administered together with Orkney
1975 Shetland Islands Council formed
25 Nov 2013 Lerwick Declaration on decentralising power in Scotland
Sigurd Hrolf
Einer Sigurdson
Lord-Lieutenants of Shetland
08 Apr 1948 - 25 Apr 1952 Sir Arthur Nicolson
21 Jul 1952 - 1963 Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence
05 Jul 1963 - 1982 Robert Hunter Wingate Bruce
06 Oct 1982 - 1994 Magnus MacDonald Shearer
21 Apr 1994 - 2011 Sir John Hamilton Scott 1936-
30 Nov 2011 - 2024 Robert Hunter
05 Feb 2024 - Lindsay William Tulloch
Convenor of the Shetland Islands Council
1974 - 1986 A.I. Tulloch
1986 - 1994 Edward Thomason
1994 - 1999 Lewis Shand Smith
1999 - 2003 Thomas Stove
2003 - 2012 Alexander "Sandy" Cluness
2012 - 2022 Malcolm Bell
23 May 2022 - Andrea Manson
Leaders of the Shetland Islands Council
2011 - 2012 Josie Simpson
2012 - 2017 Gary Robinson
2017 - 2018 Cecil Smith
2018 - 2022 Steven Coutts
23 May 2022 - Emma MacDonald
Chief Executive
28 Feb 2018 - Maggie Sandison
Skye (An t-Eilean Sgiathanach)
Skye the mythical realm of the warrior goddess Scathach ("Lady of the Shadow Isle"),
her daughter Uathach and rival the warrior queen Aoife according to the Irish tale of Cuchulain. The Island was known to the Romans as Scitis and to the Norse sagas as Skíð,
Skuy, Skyey or Skuyö ("misty isle"). The alternative Gaelic name Eilean a'Cheo also has the same meaning.
c.500 AD Part of Dal Riada and Scotland
c. 800 - 1494 Part of the Lordship of the Isles
1237 Under the MacLeod clan
1375 Skye invaded by the MacDonald clan and eventually
granted to the Earl of Ross
1494 Part of Scotland thereafter
1237 - 1280 Liotr MacLeod
1280 - 1320 Tormod MacLeod
1320 - 1360 Calum Reamhar Math Macleod
1360 - 1392 Ian Cair MacLeod
Strathclyde (Alt Clut)
4.. Legendary foundation of the Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut)
c.756 Under Pictish suzeraignty
870 Norse rule
c.872 Strathclyde kingdom under Kingdom of Alba (Scotland)
c.1015 Incorporated into Scotland
Kings of Damnonii
c.180 Corbed
Art I Vroisc
Fer I
Duibne "the great"
c. 250 Biennie
Art II
Fer II
Cursalem
Ceodar
Cluian
Cinhil
Kings of Alt Clut
410 - 450 Ceretic Guletic (Coroticus)
450 - 475 Dyfnwal Hen (Dumnagual Hen)
475 - 480 Erbin
480 - 485 Cynwyd (Cincuit)
485 - 490 Geraint
490 - 495 Tudwal I (Tutagual)
495 - 500 Caw (Cawn)
501 - 508 Domgal
508 - 540 Clynog (Clinoch)
540 - 558 Cinbelin
559 - 573 Tudwal II (Tutagual)
573 Rhydderch Hael "the generous"
612 - 621 Nwython (Nechton)
621 - 633 Beli I
633 - 645 Eugein I
645 - 658 Gwriad (Guret)
658 - 682 Murmin
672 - 693 Bridei
(King of Picts)
682 - 693 Elfin
693 - 694 Dyfnwal II ab Owain (Dumnagual II)
694 - 722 Beli II ap Elfin
722 - 752 Teudebur ap Beli
752 - 754 Rotri
754 - 760 Dyfnwal III ap Tewdwr
760 - 780 Eugein II
780 - 798 Riderch
798 - 816 Cynan
816 - 8.. Dyfnwal IV
8.. - 8.. Constantine
859 - 8.. Neithon
8.. - 872 Arthgal ap Dyfnwal
Kings of Strathclyde
872 - 877 Rhun ap Arthgal
877 - 889 Eochaid (Eochu) ap Rhun
908 - 925 Dyfnwal IV (Donald)
925 - 937 Owain ap Dyfnwal
962 - 973 Dyfnwal V ap Owain
973 - 975 Rhydderch ap Dyfnwal
975 - 997 Máel Colium I (Callum)
997 - 1015 Owain ap Dyfnwal "the Bald"
1015 - 1054 Máel Colium II (Callum)