The nearest coast to Clouston is that of Ireland, which is quite unsuited for shipping, owing to its exposed position, shallow water, extensive beach at low water--a place to be avoided by sea-going craft. Moreover, it has been shown that the gœðingar were in the occupation of earldom lands, of which there were absolutely not a penn’orth in Stennes, and next to none in the adjoining inland parish of Hara. This lack of earldom land in these inland districts, corroborates the supposition (p. xx), viz., that the earldom estate was formed of the confiscated estates of the leading víkingar of 872, which would naturally be situated on the seaboard with easy landing places, which is a characteristic of the earldom estate; while the two inland and inaccessible districts of Stennes and Hara are remarkable for their wealth of Pictish remains and dearth of earldom lands. The last notice we have of the gœðingar is in 1232, when a shipload of them, _gœðinga-skip_, were drowned. Possibly the eighteen men of Haraldr Jónsson, son of earl Jón Haraldsson, who were drowned, along with him, on June 15th, 1226, were also gœðingar.[9] [9] Isl. Annals. INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. In 1106, Dufnjáll (Gaelic, _Domhnall_, Donald), son of earl Dungaðr (Gaelic, _Donnchadh_, Duncan) was a first cousin once removed on the father’s side, _firnari en bræðrungr_, of earls Hákon and Magnús, by whom he was slain. Dufnjáll’s grandfather must have been an illegitimate son of earl Þorfinnr hinn ríki, who lived mostly in Caithness, and was almost a pure Gael. In 1159, Jómarr, a kinsman of earl Rögnvaldr, is mentioned in Caithness, and his name may be the Norse form of some Gaelic name. In 1116, Gilli (Gaelic, _gille_, servant) was a _dugandi-maðr_, a doughty or good man, with St. Magnús, and probably a relative of the earl’s Gaelic wife.