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Scoto-Irish chief
Somhairle Buíodh MacDonnell (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill), known as Sorley Boy MacDonnell, whose last name was also given as MacDonald
Sorley_Boy_MacDonnell
Irish branch of Clan Donald
century, including Sorley Boy MacDonnell himself. Many of the present-day McDonnells have a common descent from Sorley Boy MacDonnell. The MacDonnells of
MacDonnell_of_Antrim
Lady of Dunnyveg
main castle at Strabane. Campbell feared that Turlough's rival Sorley Boy MacDonnell, also James MacDonald's brother, was a threat to her sons' political
Agnes_Campbell
Irish lord (died 1636)
Randall MacSorley MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, PC (Ire) (died 10 December 1636), rebelled together with Tyrone and Tyrconnell in the Nine Years' War
Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim
Randal_MacDonnell,_1st_Earl_of_Antrim
Medieval castle on coast of Northern Ireland
Sorley Boy MacDonnell, one of his younger brothers. Sorley Boy took the castle, keeping it for himself and improving it in the Scottish style. Sorley
Dunluce_Castle
Surname list
(disambiguation) Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim (d. 1636), Irish nobleman, 4th son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim
MacDonnell_(surname)
Name list
Mac Domhnail, 17th-century Irish soldier Sorley Boy MacDonnell, (died 1590), Scottish/Irish chieftain Sorley MacLean, (Somhairle MacGill-Eain, 1911–1996)
Sorley_(given_name)
Seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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
Ballycastle,_County_Antrim
Ruin in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
purported to be the birthplace of Gaelic chief Sorley Boy MacDonnell. Established by Alexander MacDonnell, Dunaneeny held a commanding position overlooking
Dunaneeny_Castle
Title in the peerage of Ireland
for members of the MacDonnell family, originally of Scottish origins. The MacDonells of Antrim descended from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who established the
Earl_of_Antrim
Irish countess (1583–1665)
the Nine Years' War (1594-1603). James MacDonnells, third son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell succeeded his father and supported the insurgents. However, he died
Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim
Ellis_MacDonnell,_Countess_of_Antrim
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540–1596)
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
Francis_Drake
Traditional annual fair held in Ballycastle in Northern Ireland
local chieftain Sorley Boy MacDonnell ordered the celebration of public games for the coming of age of his nephew Gillaspick MacDonnell. The Lammas Fair
Ould_Lammas_Fair
Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
castle were surrounded and killed there during the 16th century. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, brother of Colla, later acquired the castle when trading property
Kinbane_Castle
Scottish clan
younger brothers called Somerled or Sorley Boy MacDonnell known also as Sorley Buy. In 1565 under Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Clan Donald of Antrim and Dunnyveg
Clan_MacDonald_of_Dunnyveg
displaced MacQuillin's, and upon offering to the youngest brother Sorley Boy MacDonnell, he accepted. By his wife, Evelyn MacQuillan, they had: Gillaspick
Colla_MacDonnell
1575 English massacre of Scottish and Irish
several campaigns to expel them from Ireland. Their military leader, Sorley Boy MacDonnell (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill), and other Scots
Rathlin_Island_massacre
16th century Irish clan battle
fought in the late sixteenth century between the MacDonnells, led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, against the McQuillans and O'Neills, in which the McQuillans and
Battle_of_Aura
Irish battle fought in the north of Ulster on 2 May 1565
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
Battle_of_Glentaisie
Irish earl (1615–1699)
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim PC (Ire) (1615 – June 1699) was a Catholic peer and military commander in Ireland. He fought together with his
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim
Alexander_MacDonnell,_3rd_Earl_of_Antrim
16th-century Scottish mercenaries
records of men of other clans being hired, such as in 1564 when Sorley Boy MacDonnell procured a group of MacGregors, led by their chief, for a season's
Redshank_(soldier)
Landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588
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
Spanish_Armada_in_Ireland
Medieval territory in Gaelic Ireland
surrendered to the English by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, to whom it was returned in charge. Having made his submission, Sorley Boy obtained a grant to himself
Route,_County_Antrim
Irish marquess (1609–1683)
Randall MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (1609–1683) was a Roman Catholic landed magnate in Scotland and Ireland, son of the 1st Earl of Antrim. He was
Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (1645 creation)
Randal_MacDonnell,_1st_Marquess_of_Antrim_(1645_creation)
half-sister Mary I. The Elizabethan Religious Settlement follows. Sorley Boy MacDonnell obtains lordship of the clan territory in Antrim from James MacDonald
1558_in_Ireland
Clan Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg
in May 1565. He led an unsuccessful raid to release his uncle, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, from imprisonment. He is alleged to have died ca. 1569, without
Archibald MacDonald, 7th of Dunnyveg
Archibald_MacDonald,_7th_of_Dunnyveg
Scottish-Gaelic lord
under their real value. He organised the release of his brother, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, in 1551, in exchange for George Bustsyde, a prisoner he held after
James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg
James_MacDonald,_6th_of_Dunnyveg
Scottish clan chief
Castle. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, died in 1590 at Dunanynie Castle, Ballycastle. Alistair Og MacDonnell, killed in 1566. Donald Gorm MacDonnell Brian Carrach
Alexander Carragh MacDonnell, 5th of Dunnyveg
Alexander_Carragh_MacDonnell,_5th_of_Dunnyveg
17th-century Irish noble killed in accident
Upon the death of his father in 1558 at Kinbane Castle, his uncle Sorley Boy MacDonnell, organised to exchange the castle with another property at Colonsay
Gillaspick_MacDonnell
Castle on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
Island Massacre. The main army of MacDonnells of Antrim, led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell and stationed at Ballycastle, had witnessed the event taking place
Rathlin_Castle
Topics referred to by the same term
Randal MacDonnell or McDonnell may refer to: Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim (died 1636), son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess
Randal_MacDonnell
Irish clan
when their allies, the MacDonnells of the Glens turned upon them. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, with the aid of levies from Scotland, launched a mass assault on
Clan_McQuillan
16th-century Irish leader
England in harrying the Scots. He fought an indecisive battle with Sorley Boy MacDonnell near Coleraine in 1564, and the following Easter hosted his entire
Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain)
Shane_O'Neill_(Irish_chieftain)
Archbishop of Tuam. Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, established the MacDonnell clan in County Antrim, resisted attempts by Shane
1590_in_Ireland
Galeass of the Spanish armada sunk in 1588
The survivors were sent on to Scotland by the local clan leader, Sorley Boy MacDonnell of Dunluce Castle, which was situated just to the west on the Giant's
Girona_(ship)
English knight and army officer (died 1630)
1629–30. He married, firstly, Alice MacDonnell, sister of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, daughter of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and Catherine
Moyses_Hill
Irish lord (1484 – 1559)
As well an illegitimate daughter of Conn married the celebrated Sorley Boy MacDonnell, the man who eventually took part in the death of Shane O'Neill
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Conn_O'Neill,_1st_Earl_of_Tyrone
Loftus Archbishop of Dublin: Hugh Curwen Shane O'Neill defeats Sorley Boy MacDonnell near Coleraine. 16 August – A proclamation issued by the Irish administration
1564_in_Ireland
American descendants of Ulster Scots
England wrote: We are given to understand that a nobleman named Sorley Boy MacDonnell and others, who be of the Scotch-Irish race ... This term continued
Scotch-Irish_Americans
English noble and general (1541-1576)
Brian MacPhelim and Sir Turlough Luineach, and of the Scots led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell. His offer, with certain modifications, was accepted. He set sail
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
Walter_Devereux,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
Friary in Northern Ireland
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
Bonamargy_Friary
Former castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
rebuilt by Sorley Boy MacDonnell in 1564. In 1565, the castle was occupied by Shane O'Neill. The castle was removed by Sir Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl
Ballycastle_Castle
British colonisation of Ireland
were opposed by McPhelim, Turlough Luineach O'Neill of Tyrone, and Sorley Boy MacDonnell of the Glens, who asserted they were opposing Essex rather than
Plantations_of_Ireland
Irish clan
Antrim. Kinbane Castle was given to Owen MacEoin Dubh MacAlister by Sorley Boy MacDonnell. "Kenbane Castle". 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December
Clan_MacAlister_of_Antrim
Celtic Communism in Maclean, MacDiarmid, and MacLean Again From Sorley Boy MacDonnell to Sorley MacLean". Lloyd, David (July 2003). "Rethinking national marxism:
Celtic_Communism
Scottish soldier and diplomat
War. Secretly, Sempill had met with Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Sorley Boy MacDonnell and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, leaders of the Irish
William_Sempill
Scottish clan
including Godred Crovan, Gofraid ua Ímair and Gofraid mac Fergusa. Sorley Boy MacDonnell Irish nobility British nobility List of haplogroups of historical
Clann_Somhairle
Irish Lord
Argyll. One of his daughters was married, as his second wife, to Sorley Boy MacDonnell when he was past the age of eighty years. Another daughter was married
Turlough_Luineach_O'Neill
Irish nobleman (1552-1608)
Sir John Perrot, on the government's campaign in Ulster against Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and was commended for his valour after receiving a wound. In April
Edmund_FitzGibbon
1534–1603 English campaign in Ireland
O'Byrne Florence MacCarthy Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare Donnell O'Brien Sorley Boy MacDonnell Brian Oge O'Rourke Grace O'Malley Donald MacCarthy Mor James FitzMaurice
Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland
demolished. November – Battle of Carrickfergus: The clan MacDonnell of Antrim led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell defeat the English. 29 July – Murrough O'Brien, 4th
1597_in_Ireland
English politician and courtier (1529–1586)
worse state than before. In Antrim the MacQuillan of the Route and Sorley Boy MacDonnell were the chief fomenters of clan warfare, and after pacifying this
Henry_Sidney
English soldier
men at his own cost, but he displayed tact in his management of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and Sidney, on visiting the north in October 1568, found the charge
Nicholas_Malby
Battle during the Nine Years War
the Clandeboye O'Neills, and was negotiating with Sorley Boy's nephew, James MacSorley MacDonnell, over a series of raids and counter-raids in the locality
Battle of Carrickfergus (1597)
Battle_of_Carrickfergus_(1597)
where he routs the clan MacDonnell of Antrim and Dunnyveg at the Battle of Glentasie (2 May) and takes Sorley Boy MacDonnell and James MacDonald, 6th
1565_in_Ireland
Scottish courtier and politician
counterfeit coiner. Blantyre was responsible for the prisoner, a son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and his wife and servants from August 1596. They were moved from
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre
Walter_Stewart,_1st_Lord_Blantyre
English nobleman and officer
Bagenal to act against the Ulster chieftains and the Scots led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell. During this campaign, he received severe wounds and was laid up
William_Stanley_(born_1548)
Soldier for the Gaelic Cause
year 1580 to Séamas Mac Domhnaill of Dunluce, son of the renowned Sorley Boy MacDonnell) and Máire Ní Néill of the Clandeboy O'Neills. The English conquest
Somhairle_Mac_Domhnail
Scottish clan
era men from the Hebrides often fought in Ulster on the side of Sorley Boy MacDonnell and according to A. and A. Macdonald, there is reason to believe
Clan_MacAlister
Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician
English to secure his claims on land possessed by the O'Donnell and Sorley Boy MacDonnell families against the encroachment of the O'Neill, English unwillingness
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll
Archibald_Campbell,_5th_Earl_of_Argyll
Castle in Northern Ireland
Shane O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills of Tyrone; it was rebuilt by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, however later fell into disrepair. In 1604 the castle was restored
Red_Bay_Castle
Events from the year 1585 in Ireland. Monarch: Elizabeth I January – Sorley Boy MacDonnell lands at Cushendun with a substantial army, but after initial successes
1585_in_Ireland
English army captain (16th century)
horse under Bagenal and Stanley in the north on campaign against Sorley Boy MacDonnell. He then visited England, and was employed in the autumn of 1585
Thomas_Lee_(army_captain)
(chief of the Clan Campbell) and Shane O'Neill over the captivity of Sorley Boy MacDonnell. August 2 or 3 – Shane O'Neill is proclaimed a traitor and a price
1566_in_Ireland
but escapes about 11 November. April 14 – grant of denization to Sorley Boy MacDonnell and other settlers from Scotland. May – Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye
1573_in_Ireland
than Sorley Boy MacDonnell. As a reward for his and his warriors service and loyalty to the MacDonnell clan in Antrim, Ireland, Sorley Boy MacDonnell gifted
Owen_MacEoin_Dubh_MacAlister
The castle is the purported birthplace of Scottish-Irish chief Sorley Boy MacDonnell. Only the foundations of the gatehouse are now visible, on the cliffs
List_of_castles_in_Ireland
Scottish clan historically seated at Ardincaple Castle, in Scotland
plain of Bun-na-mairgie, near Ballycastle, the MacDonnells (led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell) fought the MacQuillans. Before the battle, the MacQuillans appealed
Clan_MacAulay
Island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
finally defeated at the Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart. However, when Sorley Boy MacDonnell (of the Islay MacDonalds) had a clash with the Irish branch of the
Islay
English servant or soldier
or Linlithgow. James MacDonald was understood to be a kinsman of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who had been regarded by Elizabeth I as rebel in Ireland. English
Valentine_Thomas
Decade
painter (b. 1555 or 1560) Roger Dudley, British soldier (b. 1535) Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Irish chieftain (b. 1505) Juan Bautista de Pomar, Spanish colonial
1590s
Scottish judge
McConneil alias McSorley was to be knighted, possibly with the designation "of Inchgarvy". They were grandsons of Sorley Boy MacDonnell. His compilation
John_Skene,_Lord_Curriehill
Scottish landowner and courtier (d. 1634)
mistress was mentioned as a recipient of diplomatic gifts from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, along with himself, the king, Anne of Denmark, and Beatrix Ruthven
George_Elphinstone
English soldier, made Lord President of Munster
Antrim, and in scouring the woods of Glenconkeyne in search of Sorley Boy MacDonnell he was wounded in the knee with an arrow. He returned to Munster
Thomas_Norris_(died_1599)
Calendar year
painter (b. 1555 or 1560) Roger Dudley, British soldier (b. 1535) Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Irish chieftain (b. 1505) Juan Bautista de Pomar, Spanish colonial
1590
Irish landowner, statesman and soldier
of Ireland, Sir John Perrot, with the task of negotiating with Sorley Boy MacDonnell, a powerful Scottish chieftain who had challenged the authority
Sir William Warren (died 1602)
Sir_William_Warren_(died_1602)
Ruined castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Elizabeth in Dublin Castle. In 1585, Donnell Gorm MacDonnell was besieged by the English; his father, Sorley Boy landed near the castle and drove off the besiegers
Carra_Castle,_Antrim
Irish family
the yearly rents again being 60 beeves, to Angus MacDonnell of Dunnyveg, another relative of Sorley Boy, with all its castles and "Myssett alias Byssett's
Mac_Eoin_Bissett_family
McQuillans and O'Neills, but the chief of the clan was persuaded by Sorley Boy MacDonnell to join forces with the MacDonnells. Hull, Eleanor (1931), "Chapter
Clan_MacAuley_of_the_Glens
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