Battle of Epiphany | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Forces of Somerled | Forces of Godred Olafsson | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
80 Galleys | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
The Battle of Epiphany was a naval battle fought on 5–6 January or 12 January 1156, between the Norse Godred Olafsson (Godred the Black), King of the Isles and the Norse-Gaelic Somhairle MacGillebride (Somerled), King of Cinn Tìre (Kintyre), Argyll and Lorne, off the coast of Islay, Scotland.[1][2][3]
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