 Domhnall 's main legacy is being the eponymous founding figure of the famous MacDonald kindred of Islay . Early modern MacDonald tradition thought of Domhnall as a " Lord of the Isles " , like his descendants . One such tradition related that King Alexander II of Scotland sent a messenger to Domhnall , requesting that he hold the Isles from Alexander rather than the " King of Denmark " ; Domhnall was said to have responded that his predecessors 
