▁the ▁Lord ship ▁of ▁Ar gy ll - L or ne ▁essentially ▁started ▁with ▁D onn ch ad h ▁mac ▁Dub h ga ill , ▁son ▁of ▁Dub g all ▁mac ▁Som air le . ▁ ▁During ▁D onn ch ad h ' s ▁time ▁the ▁great ▁fe ud s ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁causing ▁war ▁on ▁the ▁western ▁se ab o ard ▁of ▁Scotland ▁since ▁Som h air le ▁mac ▁G ille ▁B hr igh de ▁were ▁coming ▁to ▁an ▁end . ▁R ua id h ri ▁mac ▁R agh na ill , ▁son ▁of ▁R agn all ▁mac ▁Som air le , ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁Is les ▁and ▁Lord ▁of ▁Ar gy ll , ▁was ▁at ▁peace ▁with ▁R ag hn all ▁mac ▁G of raid h , ▁King ▁of ▁Mann , ▁and ▁had ▁become ▁friendly ▁with ▁A ile an ▁mac ▁L ach la inn , ▁Lord ▁of ▁Gall ow ay ▁and ▁Const able ▁of ▁Scotland . ▁In ▁this ▁context , ▁Alexander ▁II , ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁Scotland , ▁led ▁exped itions ▁into ▁Ar gy ll ▁in ▁ 1 2 2 1 ▁and ▁ 1 2 2 2 , ▁exped itions ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁D onn ch ad h ▁being ▁recogn ised ▁or ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Lord ship ▁of ▁Lor ne . ▁D onn ch ad h ▁remained ▁a ▁strong ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁crown ▁against ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁R ua id h ri ▁mac ▁R agh na ill ▁and ▁Am h la ib h ▁Dub h . ▁▁ ▁These ▁exped