Alexander Carragh Mac Domhnaill, or MacDonald in Scotland

Scotland

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, 5th of Dunnyveg (c1480 - 1538), a Scoto

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

-Irish

Ireland

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 chieftain, who was the son of John Cathanach MacDonald, 4th of Dunnyveg

John Cathanach MacDonald, 4th of Dunnyveg

John Cathanach MacDonald, 4th of Dunnyveg was a son of John Mor MacDonald and Sabina, daughter of Felim O'Neill of Clanaboy. His father was charged with treason and refused to surrender to King James IV of Scotland. With his father and three sons they were captured through the treachery of their...

 and Cecillia Savage, daughter of the Lord of the Ardes.

After his father and brothers were executed on the Boroughmuir (now Burgh Muir

Burgh Muir

The Burgh Muir was an area to the south of Edinburgh city centre upon which much of the southern portion of the city now rests, following expansions of the 18th and 19th centuries...

) in 1499, Alexander fled to Ireland

Ireland

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. In 1532 Alexander and a force of Gallóglaigh fought the English in Ireland. Alexander died at Stirling

Stirling

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 while on a visit to King James V of Scotland

James V of Scotland

James V was King of Scots from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss...

 in 1538 and is buried there.

Family

By his wife, Catherine, daughter of John Macdonald of Ardnamurchan and Helen Campbell, their children were:

• Donald MacDonnell, born blind.
• James MacDonnell
  James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg
  James Mac Domhnaill or MacDonald in Scotland, 6th of Dunnyveg , a Scoto-Irish chieftain, who was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of Islay and Kintyre , and Catherine MacDonald, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan....
  
  , married Agnes
  Agnes Campbell
  Lady Agnes Campbell was the daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and his wife Lady Jean Gordon.She was probably born at Inveraray Castle which was the Campbell Family seat.Her sister, Elizabeth, married James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray...
  
  , daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll
  Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll
  Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. In 1506/07 he married Lady Jean Gordon, the eldest daughter of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly...
  
  , died in May 1565, while imprisioned at Castle Crocke, near Strathbane, Ireland.
• Angus MacDonnell
  Angus MacDonnell
  Angus MacDonnell, , was a son of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre , and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan. He was killed during the battle of Glentasie on 2 May 1565.-Family:He had the following:...
  
  , killed during the battle of Glentasie
  Battle of Glentasie
  The Battle of Glentaisie, was an Irish battle fought in the north of Ulster on 2 May 1565. The result was a victory for Shane O'Neill over the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. The conflict was a part of the political and military struggle, involving the English and occasionally the Scots, for control of...
  
   on 2 May 1565.
• Colla MacDonnell
  Colla MacDonnell
  Colla MacDonnell was a son of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre , and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan. He died at Kinbane Castle in 1558.-Biography:...
  
  , married Evelyn MacQuillan and died in 1558 at Kinbane Castle
  Kinbane Castle
  Kinbane Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a long, narrow limestone headland projecting into the sea, approximately 5 km from Ballycastle on the road to Ballintoy. The name Kinbane means White Head and refers to the white limestone on which the castle stands...
  
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• Sorley Boy MacDonnell
  Sorley Boy MacDonnell
  Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill , Scoto-Irish prince or flaith and chief, was the son of Alexander MacDonnell, lord of Islay and Kintyre , and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan...
  
  , died in 1590 at Dunanynie Castle, Ballycastle
  Ballycastle
  Ballycastle can refer to:*Ballycastle, County Antrim, a small town in Northern Ireland*Ballycastle, County Mayo, a village in the Republic of Ireland...
  
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• Alistair Og MacDonnell, killed in 1566.
• Donald Gorm MacDonnell
• Brian Carrach MacDonnell, killed in 1568.
• Ranold Og MacDonnell
• Meve MacDonnell, who married Hector Maclean of Coll
  Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll
  Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll was the son of John Abrach Maclean, 2nd Laird of Coll, and had a brother, John Maclean, 3rd Laird of Coll.-Biography:...
  
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• Mary MacDonnell, who married Hector Mor Maclean of Duart.