James 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 ...

: ''Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill''), alias McDonnell, 6th

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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 ...

, Scottish-Gaelic lord, died 1565.

Biography

MacDonald was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of

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and

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(''Cantire''), and Catherine MacDonald, daughter of the

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. He organised the release of his brother,

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 ...

, in 1551, in exchange for George Bustsyde, a prisoner he held after a battle on the island of ''Reachrainn'' (now

Rathlin Island Rathlin Island ( ga, Reachlainn, ; Local Irish dialect: ''Reachraidh'', ; Scots: ''Racherie'') is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim (of which it is part) in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. ...

).Hill, J. Michael. ''THE RIFT WITHIN CLAN IAN MORE: THE ANTRIM AND DUNYVEG MACDONNELLS, 1590-1603'' (1 January 1993), ''Sixteenth Century Journal''; ASIN: B007M36E1C. During the

Battle of Glentasie The Battle of Glentaisie, was an Ireland, Irish battle fought in the north of Ulster on 2 May 1565. The result was a victory for Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain), Shane O'Neill over the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. The conflict was a part of the ...

on 2 May 1565, he and Sorley Boy were captured by Shane O'Neill and imprisoned. James succumbed to his wounds shortly after being captured, while being imprisoned at Castle Crocke, near Strathbane. He was also known as "James MacConnel" at court.Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1547-1603'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 678.

Family

By his wife, Agnes, daughter of

Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (c. 1486 – 9 October 1529) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was also known as "Cailen Malloch". Life Colin Campbell was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Stuart ...

and Lady Jean Gordon, he was the father of: *

Archibald MacDonald, 7th of Dunnyveg Archibald MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Archibald Mac Dòmhnuill''), 7th of Dunnyveg, was the lord of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. Biography The eldest son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg, Sir James MacDonald and Lady Agnes Campbell, Archib ...

, died without issue in 1569. *

Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg (Scottish Gaelic: ''Aonghus Mac Dòmhnuill'', died 21 October 1614) was the Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. Life MacDonald was the son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg (died 1565) and Agnes Campbell, da ...

, died circa 1613. *

Ranald MacDonald of Smerby Ranald MacDonald of Smerby, also known as Ranald MacJames ( gd, Raghnall mac Séamuis) was a son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. He was granted Smerby Castle from his father. ...

, married a daughter of Bannatyne of Kames, died 1616. *

Coll MacDonald Coll MacDonald was a son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. Upon mistakenly hearing that his brother, Ranald MacDonald of Smerby, had been killed at Duart Castle under orders of ...

, died at Eilean Mor Cormac. *

Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey was a son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. Donald obtained the barony of Carey in Antrim by patent on 18 September 1584. He was killed during the ...

, killed during the

Battle of Ardnaree The Battle of Ardnaree, was a battle in the Tudor conquest of Ireland fought at Ardnaree (now a suburb of Ballina, County MayoIn 1586, Ardnaree was in County Sligo. The River Moy was the county boundary from the shiring of Connacht in 1585 until t ...

, Ireland in 1586. *

Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm was a son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. Alexander, obtained possession of the barony of Glenarm. He was killed along with his brother, ...

, also killed during the Battle of Ardnaree, Ireland in 1586. * Finola MacDonald (Fionnghuala MacDonald), married

Sir Hugh O'Donnell Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell (Irish: ''Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill''; died c. 1600) was an Irish Gaelic lord. He was ''The O'Donnell'' of his clan, and king of Tyrconnell in medieval Ireland. Biography O'Donnell's second marriage was to I ...

''Irish name: ''Sir Aodh mac Magnusa Ó Domhnaill,

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of Clan O'Donnell,

King of Tír Chonaill This article lists the rulers of Tyrconnell (Irish: ''Tír Ċonaıll''), a medieval Irish kingdom which covered much of what is now County Donegal. Oral history It was founded in the fifth century by a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall ...

, through him she became the mother to

Red Hugh O'Donnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: ''Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill''), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was a sixteenth-century leader of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland. He became Chief of the Name of Clan O'Donn ...

Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell Rory O'Donnell (; 1575 – 30 July 1608), younger brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, was the last King of Tyrconnell and 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.An apparent original of the letters patent of the Earldom were in the possession of Count Maximilian Kar ...

, and

Cathbar O'Donnell Cathbarr O'Donnell ( ga, Cathbarr Ó Domhnaill, died 1608) was an Irish nobleman (a member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Donegal). Biography Cathbarr was the son of Sir Hugh O'Donnell, the ruler of Tyrconnell during the Elizabethan era. His mother ...

. She died circa 1608.

References

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