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Gillaspick MacDonnell
Gillaspick MacDonnell (''Giolla Easpuig MacDomhnaill'') was a son of Colla MacDonnell, Captain of the Route and Evelyn MacQuillan. He was killed accidentally in 1571 at Ballycastle. Biography Upon the death of his father in 1558 at Kinbane Castle, his uncle Sorley Boy MacDonnell, organised to exchange the castle with another property at Colonsay. The castle was then presented to Owen MacIan Dubh MacAllister, 2nd of Loup, Chief of Clan MacAlister Clan MacAlister is a Scottish Clan. The clan is the earliest branch to have split off from Clan Donald, claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall founder of Clan Donald. From Alasdair Mòr the clans takes its surname ''MacAlister''; ... as a reward for their service and loyalty to the MacDonnell clan. His uncle Sorley Boy ordered the celebration of public games at Ballycastle to celebrate the coming of age of his nephew in 1571. Bullfighting was amongst the events that Gillaspick tried and he was gored by the bull and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colla MacDonnell
Colla MacDonnell was a son of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre (Cantire), and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan. He died at Kinbane Castle in 1558. Biography After the death of his father Alexander MacDonnell in 1539, his older brother James MacDonnell, inherited the title of ''Lord of Dunnyveg and Antrim Glynns'', however James decided to return to Scotland, accompanied by his wife Agnus Campbell. Colla was appointed ''Captain of the Route'' to rule the Glynns in his absence. Colla's marriage to Evelyn MacQuillan, brought a tentative peace between the previous opposing clans. Attempts were made by Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to expel the MacDonnells back to Scotland. Colla built a two storey castle, known as Kinbane Castle in 1547, with a large courtyard with traces of other buildings, probably constructed out of wood. In 1551 the castle was besieged by English forces under the command of the Lord Deputy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1571 In Ireland
Events from the year 1571 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Elizabeth I Events *February – John Perrot is made Lord President of Munster. *February 3 – Miler Magrath is appointed Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel (being translated from Clogher) while simultaneously retaining the title of Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor. He will retain his new post until his death in 1622. *November – Sir Thomas Smith is granted a patent and indenture from Queen Elizabeth I to establish an English colony on 360,000 acres (145,690 ha) of land in north Down in the territory of the Clandeboye O’Neills. *First printing in the Irish language in Dublin, '' Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma'', a primer printed by John Kearney. * Glenquin Castle, the was confiscated by the Crown from the Geraldines. Births * Henry I De Coursey (in Dublin) Deaths * Gillaspick MacDonnell (Giolla Easpuig MacDomhnaill), a son of Colla MacDonnell. Killed by a bull in a bullfight. References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballycastle, County Antrim
Ballycastle () is a small seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the northeasternmost coastal tip of Ireland, in the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The harbour hosts the ferry to Rathlin Island, which can be seen from the coast. The Ould Lammas Fair is held each year in Ballycastle on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. Ballycastle is the home of the Corrymeela Community. Ballycastle had a population of 5,237 at the 2011 census. It was the seat and main settlement of the former Moyle District Council. Demographics At the time of the 2011 UK Census the population of Ballycastle was 5,237. Of these: *20.2% were aged under 16 years and 17.5% were aged 65 and over *47.5% of the population were male and 52.5% were female *77.1% were from a Catholic and 19.0% were from a Protestant or other Christian background *7.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed Governance The town is located within The Glens district electoral area ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinbane Castle
Kinbane Castle (''Caisleán Ceinn Bán, White Head Castle, Kenbane Castle'') is located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a headland between Ballycastle and Ballintoy. The name comes from the Irish for "white head", referring to the limestone of the promontory. Nowadays, the castle is largely destroyed. Kinbane Castle is a State Care Historic Monument sited in the townland of Cregganboy, in Moyle District Council area, at grid ref: D0876 4383. The area surrounding Kinbane Castle is a Scheduled Historic Monument, grid ref: D0879 4381. The site also has views of Rathlin Island and Dunagregor Iron Age fort. History In 1547, a two-storey castle was built at the headland by Colla MacDonnell. The castle was damaged and partly destroyed due to English sieges under Sir James Croft in the 1550s. Rebuilt afterwards, Colla MacDonnell died at the castle in 1558, and his son Gillaspick MacDonnell subsequently inherited it. The hollow below the castle known as ''Lag na Sassenach' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
Sorley Boy MacDonnell (Scottish Gaelic: ''Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill''), also spelt as MacDonald (c. 1505 – 1590), Scoto-Irish chief, was the son of Alexander Carragh MacDonnell, 5th of Dunnyveg, of Dunyvaig Castle, lord of Islay and Cantire, and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan, both in Scotland. MacDonnell is best known for establishing the MacDonnell clan in Antrim, Ireland, and resisting the campaign of Shane O'Neill and the English crown to expel the clan from Ireland. Sorley Boy's connection to other Irish Roman Catholic lords was complicated, but also culturally and familiarly strong: for example, he married Mary O'Neill, the daughter of Conn O'Neill. He is also known in English as Somerled and Somerled of the yellow hair. Clan MacDonnell The MacDonnells of Antrim were a sept of the powerful Clan Donald of the royal Clann Somhairle, ''(see Lords of the Isles)'', that the English crown had attempted to cultivate since the early 14th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen MacEoin Dubh MacAlister
Owen MacEoin Dubh MacAlister was a son of Alasdair MacEoin Dubh MacAlister, 1st of Loup, Chief of Clan MacAlister. He was killed in battle in Antrim, Ireland in 1571. Biography Became Chief of Clan MacAlister, 2nd of Loup, upon the death of his father. Owen was an esteemed galloglass warrior, more esteemed than Sorley Boy MacDonnell. As a reward for his and his warriors service and loyalty to the MacDonnell clan in Antrim, Ireland, Sorley Boy MacDonnell gifted Kinbane Castle to him. Owen was killed in 1571 during a skirmish with the Carrickfergus garrison, fighting alongside Sorley Boy. References External links *''Annals of the Four Masters'' Vol. 5 (AD 1501-1588)gaelic editionantranslation 1571 deaths Owen Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish and Welsh origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. ... People from Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan MacAlister
Clan MacAlister is a Scottish Clan. The clan is the earliest branch to have split off from Clan Donald, claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall founder of Clan Donald. From Alasdair Mòr the clans takes its surname ''MacAlister''; this surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic '' MacAlasdair'' meaning "son of Alasdair". In the 15th century the chief of the clan was seated in Kintyre, and the clan was centred there until the 18th century, when a chief sold the family estate in preference to an estate in the Scottish Lowlands. History of the clan Origins Clan MacAlister was originally a branch of Clan Donald—one of the largest Scottish clans. Newton 2007: p. 37. The eponymous ancestor of Clan Donald is Domhnall, son of Raghnall, son of Somhairle. Eyre-Todd 1923, 1: pp. 232–243. Traditional Clan Donald genealogies, created in the later Middle Ages, give the clan a descent from various legendary Irish figures. Modern historians, however, distrust these tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col Ciotach
Coll Ciotach Mac Domhnaill ( en, Left-handed Coll MacDonald) (1570–1647) was a Scottish adventurer and mercenary of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg branch of Clan Donald, who became Laird of Colonsay in 1623, by treachery. His name, which means "Coll the left-handed" or "the crafty", was anglicised as Colkitto. However he only used the nickname ''Ciotach'' late in his life in 1629 when it appeared in a Latin translation of a Gaelic letter where Coll refers to himself as "''Ego Collatius Kiotach Macdonnell''". In Gaelic he was referred to as ''Coll Mac Gilleasbuig'' ("Coll the son of Archibald"). However in English he was normally known as "Coll Macgilespik" or a variant of this, or as "Coll MacDonald".''Highland Warrior, Alasdair MacColla and the Civil Wars'', David Stevenson. Prologue, ''What's in a Name?'', page 2. Some English speakers concluded that "Coll" must be his military rank and that "Ciotach" was a surname. So he was also referred to as: Colonell Kittoghie, Col. Kittack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500s Births
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1571 Deaths
Year 1571 ( MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion. * January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in London, England. * c. February 4– 9 – The Spanish Jesuit missionaries of the Ajacán Mission, established on the Virginia Peninsula of North America in 1570, are massacred by local Native Americans. * March 18 – The Order of the Knights of Saint John transfers the capital of Malta, from Birgu to Valletta. * May 24 – Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army, under Devlet I Giray. * June 3 – Following the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, the conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila is complete, Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila a city, and the capital of the Philippines. * June 25 – Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, is founded in Lincolnshire, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Donald
Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald ( gd, Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of coats of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, recognises under Scottish law the ''High Chief of Clan Donald''. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493 and two of those chiefs also held the title of Earl of Ross until 1476. There are also numerous branches to the Clan Donald and several of these have chiefs recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms; these are: Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, and Clan MacAlister. There are also notable historic branches of Clan Donald without chiefs so-recognised, these are: the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, Clan MacDona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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