Iain Fraoch MacDonald
Iain Fraoch MacDonald (died 1368) was a younger son of Aonghus Óg of Islay, Angus Og MacDonald of Islay, and founder of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe. "Fraoch" is a nickname which means "the snarling" in the Scottish Gaelic language, although it usually means Heather (given name), heather] External linksentry
from peerage website 1368 deaths Clan Donald, Iain Fraoch Medieval Gaels from Scotland 14th-century Scottish people Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-bio-stub ...
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Aonghus Óg Of Islay
Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill (died 1314 × 1318/ 1330), or Angus Og MacDonald, was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Domhnaill. He was a younger son of Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill, Lord of Islay. After the latter's apparent death, the chiefship of the kindred was assumed by Aonghus Óg's elder brother, Alasdair Óg Mac Domhnaill. Most of the documentation regarding Aonghus Óg's career concerns his support of Edward I, King of England against supporters of John, King of Scotland. The latter's principal adherents on the western seaboard of Scotland were Clann Dubhghaill, regional rivals of Clann Domhnaill. Although there is much uncertainty concerning the Clann Domhnaill chiefship at this period in history, at some point after Alasdair Óg's apparent death at the hands of Clann Dubhghaill in 1299, Aonghus Óg seems to have taken up the chiefship as Lord of Islay. Pressure from Clann Domhnaill and other supporters of the English Crown evidently compelled Cla ...
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