Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: ''Aonghus Mac Dòmhnuill'', died 21 October 1614) was the Chief of

Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, also known as Clan Donald South, ''Clan Iain Mor, Clan MacDonald of Islay and Kintyre, MacDonalds of the Glens (Antrim)'' and sometimes referred to as ''MacDonnells'', is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald. T ...

Life

MacDonald was the son of

James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg James MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill''; 1501 – 5 July 1565), 6th Scottish clan chief, Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, was a Scottish-Gaelic lord. Biography MacDonald was the son of Alexander MacDonald, 5th of Dunn ...

(died 1565) and

Agnes Campbell Lady Agnes Campbell (1526 – in or after 1590) was a Scottish noblewoman and queen consort of Tír Eoghain. She was the mother of Iníon Dubh and the maternal grandmother of Red Hugh O'Donnell. Campbell was a skilled diplomat and political lead ...

, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. He went to

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and

Kintyre Kintyre (, ) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East Loch Tarbert, Argyll, East and West Loch Tarbert, Argyll, West Loch Tarbert in t ...

to renew the conflict with

Clan Maclean Clan Maclean (; Scottish Gaelic: ' ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highlands Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early Macle ...

. In 1579, upon information of mutual hostilities committed by their followers, the king and council commanded

Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean Sir Lachlan Mór Maclean (1558 – 5 August 1598) or Big Lachlan Maclean, was the 14th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from late 1573 or early 1574 until 1598. Mór or Mor translates as ''big'' in English, or ''magnus'' in Latin, when added to a name ...

and MacDonald, to subscribe assurances of indemnity to each other, under the pain of

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, and the quarrel was, for the time, patched up by the marriage of MacDonald with MacLean's sister Mary. In 1585, however, the feud came to a height, and after involving nearly the whole of the island clans on one side or the other, and causing its disastrous consequences to be felt throughout the whole extent of the Hebrides, by the mutual ravages of the contending parties, government interfered, and measures were at last adopted for reducing to obedience the turbulent chiefs, who had caused so much bloodshed and distress in the Isles. In 1598, his son James, who was in dispute with his father, surrounded his father's residence

Askomill House Askomill House, also known as ''Askomull House'', was a fortified house north east of Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. History 16th century Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg, while at his Kintyre house in 1598, was surrounded b ...

with between two or three hundred armed men. Angus refused to surrender to his son, with the house being set on fire and Angus being taken prisoner and being held captive at

Smerby Castle Smerby Castle, also known as Island Muller Castle, is a ruined fortified house on a promontory known as Isla Muller, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, north of Campbeltown. The site is protected as a scheduled monument. History 16th century Ra ...

. Andrew Stuart, 3rd Lord Ochiltree led a royal expedition against Angus in 1608, whereupon Angus surrendered the castles of Dunnyveg and Lochgorme. In May, Angus presented himself to the privy council at Edinburgh were he committed in

Blackness Castle Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Falkirk, Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness ...

. He was released to accompany Andrew Knox,

Bishop of the Isles The Bishop of the Isles or Bishop of Sodor was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of the Isles (or Sodor), one of Scotland's thirteen medieval bishoprics. The bishopric, encompassing both the Hebrides and Mann, probably traces its origins as ...

and was present at Iona when the Statutes of Icolmkill was consented to. MacDonald travelled to Edinburgh for an audience with the King and gave sureties for his reappearance before the Privy Council in May 1611. He died at Rothesay on 21 October 1614, and was buried at

Saddell Abbey Saddell Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery located in western Scotland. The abbey was established in 1160 by Somerled, Lord of Kintyre, who was killed in 1164. The abbey was completed by his son, Ragnall, a few years later. The original la ...

Family

By his wife, Mary, daughter of

Hector Og Maclean Hector Og Maclean, or Eachann Óg Maclean in Gaelic may refer to: * Hector Og Maclean, 13th Chief (c. 1540-1573), 13th Chief of Clan MacLean in Scotland * Sir Hector Og Maclean, 15th Chief (1583–1623), 15th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean in Scotland a ...

of Duart, their children were: * James, d. 1626, London, England. * Angus Og, married Katherine, daughter of Duncan Campbell of Danna, had issue. * Alexander Og MacDonald, married unknown, had issue, drowned on 3 October 1613. *Mary, married Sir Donald Macdonald of Clanranald. *Margaret, who married Ranald Macdonald of Benbecula. *Annabella, who married Archibald Macdonald of Largie. He also allegedly fathered three sons: * Archibald MacDonald of Gigha * Alexander MacDonald * Ranald Og

References

*p378, Rev. A. MacDonald & Rev. A. MacDonald; The Clan Donald ;Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, Angus, 8th Of Dunnyveg 1614 deaths Nobility from Argyll and Bute

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