James Stewart was the unfortunate scapegoat in this intoxicating mystery captured in Robert Louis Stevensons book “Kidnapped”. From here we arrive in Glencoe, the site of the infamous massacre, involving clan Campbell and clan MacDonald. As neighbours, tension arose between these two clans, and...
Sgeulachd Myths or LegenDs Our Ancestors Oft RepeateD In the introduction to his history of Clan Donald, Donald J.
Names and Families of Clan Donald Clan Donald is composed of over 450 separate family names ranging from Abrach to Wright. Click hereto see if your name is among the acknowledged names of Clan Donald. Remember that English translations of Gaelic names has led to a great variety of spellings...
So in an interesting turn of events Aonghus, who had defeated Raghnaill 18 years before, was then killed by the men of Skye, & then Raghnaill defeated the men of Skye and expanded the kingdom to include Gamoran which eventually became the Clan Donald lands of Clanranald, Keppoch, ...
Donald (MacDonald) A popular Scottish last name, the chiefs of Clan Donald, or Clan Macdonald, were the largest landowners for centuries and the most powerful lords in the whole British Isles after the Kings of England and Scotland. The clan controlled lands and waterways in the west highland...
In 1411 the chief, Angus Dubh, was able to muster no fewer than 4,000 men to oppose Donald of the Isles in his campaign to seize the earldom of Ross, which ended at the battle of Harlaw. MacKay was bold enough to face Donald single-handed at Dingwall, but was defeated and taken pr...
the 4th and last MacDonald Lord of the Isles. This Chief's inability to govern brought about an inter-family civil war. The Crown intervened and at a naval engagement known as the 'Battle of Bloody Bay', the Lord of the Isles was defeated. The title was forfeited in 1493, since when...
Dunstaffnage, Argyll. Former McDougall Castle awarded to Sir Colin Campbell and placed in the hands of a Hereditary Constable. A chapel was constructed outside of the castle walls by the Lords of Lorn. There is a burial aisle of Dunstaffnage Campbells. Flora MacDonald was held prisoner her...
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany went head to head with Donald, Lord of the Isles. When the Earl of Mar fought Donald with the help of Alexander Forbes, he helped the Duke of Albany claim Ross. Following Harlaw, the Earl of Mar presented Sir Alexander Forbes with the lands of which the ...
In addition to identifying the Y-DNA of The Three Collas, the project has identified historical persons or groups that do not have that Y-DNA: Conn of the Hundred Battles; Niall of the Nine Hostages; Kelly of Hy-Maine; and Clan Donald of Dunnyveg, Kepoch, Vallay, Glengarry, and Clan...