Dunyvaig Castle, (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Naomhaig, Anglicised Fort of the galleys, also known as Dunnyveg) is located on the south side of Islay, in Argyll...
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chief, the son of Alexander Carragh MacDonnell, 5th of Dunnyveg, of Dunyvaig Castle, lord of Islay and Cantire, and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of...
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Dunyvaig Castle which had been taken by his brother Ranald Og. He tried to negotiate a lease of crown lands on Islay, the rights to Dunyvaig Castle,...
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MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg. He captured Dunyvaig Castle in 1614 from the constable Andrew Knox and royal garrison. Dunyvaig was retaken by his brother Angus...
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as well as Dunyvaig Castle. About 200 to 300 men who could not be transported or did not wish to leave Scotland prepared to defend the castle. When the...
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older castles could frequently remain viable defensive features, although the siege of Cahir Castle in 1599 and the attack on Dunyvaig Castle on Islay...
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Cill Tobar Lasrach. Nearby lie the ruined remains of the 14th-century Dunyvaig Castle, once a fortress of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. The current town...
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replacement for them, leading to a branch of the MacLeans being granted Dunyvaig Castle by king James, and expanding into Islay. Naturally, the restoration...
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Clan Donald (section Castles)
another castle of the MacDonnells of Antrim. Dunyvaig Castle on the Isle of Islay was the seat of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. Gorm Castle, on an island...
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MacDonald of Ardnamurchan (section Castles)
even today the small inlet below the castle is known as Port nan Spainteach, or Port of the Spaniard. Dunyvaig Castle, on the Isle of Islay, Argyll was originally...
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which the king fled from Kintyre to a Clann Domhnaill castle on Islay—perhaps Dunyvaig Castle—the next northernmost island. If the account of Rathlin...
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Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg (section Castles)
21 October 1614 Sir Séamus Mac Dòmhnuill, 9th of Dunnyveg died 1626 Dunyvaig Castle, three miles east of Port Ellen on the south of the Isle of Islay was...
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founder of the MacDonald of Clanranald Ranald Og MacDonald, captured Dunyvaig Castle in 1614 Ranald Macdonald (1928–1999), Scottish rugby player Ranald...
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"MacDonald of Coll" and "MacDonald of Kolkitto". Coll died aged 77 at Dunyvaig Castle, being executed after he was captured by Clan Campbell opponents. The...
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soldiers and cannon. They sailed to Islay in preparation to besiege Dunyvaig Castle where Captain Button stayed behind during storms until 18 January 1614...
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MacDonald occupied Dunyvaig Castle and Loch Gorm Castle in defiance of Cawdor. Dunyvaig Castle was retaken by Cawdor and Loch Gorm Castle surrendered on 28...
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into the hands of strangers. In 1614, Angus Og MacDonald of Dunyvaig seized Dunyvaig Castle, which had been held by the Bishop of the Isles. Sir Aulay...
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pinnace called the Charles was used to carry guns to the siege of Dunyvaig Castle in October 1615. The Charles captained by David Murray was employed...
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a list of castles in Argyll and Bute. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castles in Argyll and Bute. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland...
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Robert indeed found protection at a Clann Domhnaill fortress—like Dunyvaig Castle—the attestations of Domhnall could indicate that it was he who assisted...
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Foot at Enniscorthy, County Wexford. On 6 January 1615, he retook Dunyvaig Castle, Islay, with the assistance of Sir John Campbell of Calder. He was...
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to Lachlan Mor Maclean, chief of Clan Maclean, who was seated at Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Another party, which included Hugh, son of Archibald...
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of boots and shoes. When in 1614, Angus Og MacDonald of Dunyvaig had seized Dunyvaig Castle—which had been held by the Bishop of the Isles—Sir Aulay...
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Wardrobe of Mary, Queen of Scots (category Edinburgh Castle)
a gift from Agnes Campbell the wife of James MacConel or MacDonald of Dunyvaig. The inventories of Mary's father, James V of Scotland, include Highland...
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a gift from Agnes Campbell the wife of James MacConel or MacDonald of Dunyvaig. The Earl of Argyll was said to be an opponent of the planned wedding of...
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was the second lord of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, also known as Lord of Dunyvaig and the Glens. He succeeded to the lordship after his father was murdered...
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Clan MacDonald of Largie (section Castles)
son of Iain Mhoir Tanistear Mic Dhòmhnaill (John Mor MacDonald, Lord of Dunyvaig and the Glens) and Margery Byset (Margaret Bisset). Ranald Bane was granted...
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fled to Ulster where he married Margery Bisset and became the Lord of Dunyvaig and the Glens. Like Donald, he was allied with the English kings, Richard...
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then to Islay. Leaving small garrisons of Highlanders at Dunaverty and at Dunyvaig on Islay, the latter under his father Coll, he then returned to Antrim...
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fleet. They burnt farms and houses including Saddell, a castle of James MacDonald of Dunyvaig and Glynnes (died 1565), and then marched south to burn...
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