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MacDonald was ordered to surrender himself to George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, and Rory MacLeod was to surrender to the Earl of Argyll. MacDonald agreed to release his prisoners, and the end of the feud was celebrated with three weeks of feasting and festivities at Dunvegan Castle. Aside from a brief flare-up in 1603, that was the end of ...
Clan MacLeod (/ m ə ˈ k l aʊ d / mə-KLOWD ... Clan MacDonald of Sleat continues to hold title to Trotternish and Sleat on Skye from that day until the present ...
The Battle of the Spoiling Dyke (also known as the Battle of the Spoiled Dyke, (Scottish Gaelic: Blar Milleadh a’ Ghàraidh, Millegearaidh) was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1578 on the island of Skye between the MacDonalds of Uist [1] and Clan MacLeod. [2] [3]
MacLeod heirlooms: the Fairy Flag, Dunvegan Cup, and Sir Rory Mor's Horn.. According to the Bannatyne manuscript, the battle was said by the old clan shenachies, that without descending from their perch, the ravens which stood on Creggan nan Fitheach ("the Rocks of the Ravens"), drank the blood, and ate the flesh, of the MacDonalds who lay in heaps around.
The Massacre of Glencoe [a] took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II.
Macdonald married Janet (née Macleod) Macleod, a widow of John Macleod, 2nd of Talisker, and daughter of Alasdair MacLeod, 2nd of Grishornish and Margaret MacQueen. Before her death, they were the parents of: [2] Margaret Macdonald, who married Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, son of Sir Robert Douglas, 4th Baronet, in c. 1738.
In turn MacLeod raided North Uist, sending 40 men under his cousin Donald Glas MacLeod to seize goods that the locals had put for safety in the Trinity Temple at Carinish. On hearing this, Donald MacIain 'ic Sheumais (Donald, son of John, son of James) of Clan Ranald gathered his 12 gillemores and bound for Carinish. On his way, his force was ...
Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald or Clan McDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈt̪õː.ɪʎ]), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans.