Donald Balloch MacDonald (
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
: ''Dòmhnall Ballach Mac Dhòmhnaill'') Scottish-Gaelic lord, died about 1476.
Biography
MacDonald was a son of
John Mór Tanister
John Mór Tanister MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Eòin Mòr Tànaiste Mac Dhòmhnaill'', aka ''Iain Mac Dhòmhnaill''), Scottish-Gaelic lord, died 1427.
Biography
MacDonald was the second son of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Princess Ma ...
and
Margery Byset
Margery Byset (Bisset, Bissett; also Marjery, Margaret, Marie) was an Irish noblewoman belonging to the Bissett family whose marriage to John Mór Tanister MacDonnell in 1399 laid the basis for the Clan Donald claim to the Glens of Antrim, the l ...
, daughter of
MacEoin Bisset, Lord of The Glens. He was the second lord 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 ...
.
He succeeded to the lordship after his father was murdered by James Campbell after a scheduled meeting at Ard-du,
Islay
Islay ( ; gd, Ìle, sco, Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The isl ...
in 1427. MacDonald took revenge and James Campbell was executed, protesting however, that it was done under the orders of King
James I of Scotland
James I (late July 139421 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and Annabella Drummond. His older brother David, Duke of Ro ...
.
Known as a military leader he was chosen to lead
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 i ...
and defeated the forces of King James I at the
battle of Inverlochy in 1431.
[Roberts (1999) p. 16.] Subsequently, after a number of defeats against Royal forces Mac Dhòmhnail was forced to flee to
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. A pickled head was presented by his friend, the Irish king, Owen McNiall Og O'Neill, who presented it to the King James I, as that of MacDonald. After the death of King James I, he returned to Dunnyveg in 1437.
He died on an
islet
An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanent ...
upon
Loch Gruinart
Loch Gruinart ( from the Old Norse, meaning "shallow fjord") is a sea loch on the northern coast of isle of Islay in Scotland. Land at the head of the loch, Gruinart Flats, is a designated nature reserve owned by the RSPB. It is an important ...
, Islay about 1476.
Family
By his first wife Johanna, daughter of Conn O'Neill of
Edenduffcarrick
Shane's Castle is a ruined castle near Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, having been destroyed by fire in 1816. The castle is on the north-east shores of Lough Neagh. Built in 1345 by a member of the Clandeboy O'Neill dynasty, it was ...
, they had;
*
John Mor MacDonald, m. Sabina O'Neill, daughter of
Phelim Bacagh O'Neill
Phelim Bacagh O'Neill (Irish: ''Feidhlimidh Bacach Ó Néill'') was a lord of Clandeboye in 15th-century medieval Ireland. A son of Niall Mór O'Neill, he succeeded his brother Brian Ballagh II to the lordship after his death in 1529. He reigne ...
*Margaret, b. c. 1414 married Ruari MacDonald, 3rd of
Clan Ranald.
By his second wife Joan, daughter of O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnel, they had;
*Agnes, who married Thomas Bannatyne of Knraes.
Notes
References
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1476 deaths
Donald
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
Donald
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
15th-century Scottish people
15th-century Irish people
Medieval Gaels
Medieval Gaels from Scotland