(1873). An Historical Account of the Macdonnells of Antrim. p. 44. Dunlop, Robert (1894). "MacDonnell, Sorley Boy" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of...
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including Sorley Boy MacDonnell himself. Many of the present-day McDonnells have a common descent from Sorley Boy MacDonnell. The MacDonnells of Antrim...
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Randall MacSorley MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, PC (Ire) (died 1636), rebelled together with Tyrone and Tyrconnell in the Nine Years' War but having...
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also called the Nine Years' War (1594-1603). James MacDonnells, third son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell succeeded his father and supported the insurgents....
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sixteenth century between the MacDonnells, led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, against the McQuillans and O'Neills, in which the MacQuillans and O'Neills were defeated...
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Scots (led by Brian Carrach MacDonnell, a younger brother of James of Dunnyveg James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Sorley Boy) 40 Scots 'Redshank' swordsmen...
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MacDonald of Dunnyveg and later the MacDonnells of Antrim. The castle is purported to be the birthplace of Scottish-Irish chief Sorley Boy MacDonnell...
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Castle. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, died in 1590 at Dunanynie Castle, Ballycastle. Alistair Og MacDonnell, killed in 1566. Donald Gorm MacDonnell Brian Carrach...
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expel them from Ireland. Their military leader, Sorley Boy MacDonnell (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill) and other Scots had thought it prudent...
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Randal MacDonnell or McDonnell may refer to: Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim (died 1636), son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess...
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from the displaced MacQuillin's, and upon offering to the youngest brother Sorley Boy MacDonnell, he accepted. By his wife, Evelyn MacQuillan, they had:...
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MacDonnell, Macdonnell, or McDonnell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is an anglicized form of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Dhòmhnaill, meaning...
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it wasn't until the 16th century when the celebrated chieftain Sorley Boy MacDonnell of Dunaneeny Castle established the clan in both the Glens and The...
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Somhairle Mac Domhnail, 17th-century Irish soldier Sorley Boy MacDonnell, (died 1590), Scottish/Irish chieftain Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain...
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The surviving 150 fled through the bog, ending up either with Sorley Boy MacDonnell at Dunluce or at the house of Redmond O'Gallagher, the bishop of...
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death of James MacDonald the 6th chief of the Clan MacDonald of Antrim and Dunnyveg, the Antrim Glens were seized by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, one of his younger...
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uncle Sorley Boy MacDonnell, organised to exchange the castle with another property at Colonsay. The castle was then presented to Owen MacIan Dubh MacAllister...
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the Green: Celtic Communism in Maclean, MacDiarmid, and MacLean Again From Sorley Boy MacDonnell to Sorley MacLean". Lloyd, David (July 2003). "Rethinking...
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of Clan MacAlister, 2nd of Loup, upon the death of his father. Owen was an esteemed galloglass warrior, more esteemed than Sorley Boy MacDonnell. As a reward...
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James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Antrim, the Antrim Glens were seized by one of his younger brothers called Somerled or Sorley Boy MacDonnell known...
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Earl of Antrim (redirect from Alexander Macdonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim)
for members of the MacDonnell family, originally of Scottish origins. The MacDonells of Antrim descended from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who established the...
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Bun-na-mairgie, near Ballycastle, the MacDonnells (led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell) fought the MacQuillans. Before the battle, the MacQuillans appealed to the O'Neills...
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p. 174, line 16. "Randal Mac Sorley Mac Donnell of Dunluce, co. Antrim, 2nd but 1st surv.s. and h. of Sorley Boy Mac Donnell, Lord of the Route ..." Cokayne...
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as the Rathlin Island Massacre. The main army of MacDonnells of Antrim, led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell and stationed at Ballycastle, had witnessed the event...
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lands in Antrim. Kinbane Castle was given to Owen MacEoin Dubh MacAlister by Sorley Boy MacDonnell. "Kenbane Castle". 2009. Archived from the original...
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While James MacDonnell of Dunnyveg and his brothers rapidly assembled an army in Scotland, the O'Neill defeated Sorley Boy MacDonnell's local levies...
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Sorley Boy MacDonnell, was forced to stay on the mainland. Essex wrote in his letter to Queen Elizabeth's secretary that following the attack Sorley Boy...
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terms. The MacDonnells subsequently took it back by "treachery", but in 1585 it was once more surrendered to the English by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, to whom...
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Clann Somhairle (category Clan MacDougall)
to, including Godred Crovan, Gofraid ua Ímair and Gofraid mac Fergusa. Sorley Boy MacDonnell Irish nobility British nobility List of haplogroups of historical...
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the locked vaults hold the remains of the celebrated chieftain, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and several of the Earls of Antrim. His grandson Randall, 1st Marquess...
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