Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill, 6th of Dunnyveg

Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill/James MacDonald
Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill/James MacDonald
Title	6th Clan Chief
Predecessor	Alexander MacDonald, 5th of Dunnyveg
Successor	Archibald MacDonald, 7th of Dunnyveg

Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill aka James MacDonald, alias McDonnell, 6th Laird of Dunnyveg, Scottish-Irish lord, died 1565.

Biography

Mac Dhòmhnaill was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of Islay and Kintyre (Cantire), and Catherine MacDonald, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan. He organised the release of his brother, Sorley Boy MacDonald/MacDonnell, in 1551, in exchange for George Bustsyde, a prisoner he held after a battle on the island of Reachrainn (now Rathlin Island).[1][2]

During the Battle of Glentasie 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.[3][2]

He was also known as "James MacConnel" at court.[4]

Family

By his wife, Agnes, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and Lady Jean Gordon, he was the father of:

Archibald MacDonald, 7th of Dunnyveg, died without issue in 1569.
Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg, died circa 1613.
Ranald MacDonald of Smerby, married a daughter of Bannatyne of Kames, died 1616.
Coll MacDonald, died at Eilean Mor Cormac.
Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey, killed during the Battle of Ardnaree, Ireland in 1586.
Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm, also killed during the Battle of Ardnaree, Ireland in 1586.
Finola MacDonald (Fionnghuala MacDonald), married Sir Hugh O'Donnell Irish name: Sir Aodh mac Magnusa Ó Domhnaill, Chief of the Name of Clan O'Donnell, King of Tír Chonaill, through him she became the mother to Red Hugh O'Donnell, Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, and Cathbar O'Donnell. She died circa 1608.

References

"Annals of the Four Masters, 1551". Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Hill, J. Michael. THE RIFT WITHIN CLAN IAN MORE: THE ANTRIM AND DUNYVEG MACDONNELLS, 1590-1603 (1 January 1993), Sixteenth Century Journal; ASIN: B007M36E1C.
"Annals of the Four Masters, 1565". Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1547-1603, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 678.

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[1] "Annals of the Four Masters, 1551". Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[hill-2] Hill, J. Michael. THE RIFT WITHIN CLAN IAN MORE: THE ANTRIM AND DUNYVEG MACDONNELLS, 1590-1603 (1 January 1993), Sixteenth Century Journal; ASIN: B007M36E1C.

[3] "Annals of the Four Masters, 1565". Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[4] Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1547-1603, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 678.