Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill, 6th of Dunnyveg


Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill aka James MacDonald, alias McDonnell, 6th Laird of Dunnyveg, Scottish-Irish lord, died 1565.

Biography

Mac Dhòmhnaill was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of Islay and Kintyre, and Catherine MacDonald, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan. He organised the release of his brother, Sorley Boy MacDonald/MacDonnell, in 1551, in exchange for George Bustsyde, a prisoner he held after a battle on the island of Reachrainn.
During the Battle of Glentasie on 2 May 1565, he and Sorley Boy were captured by Shane O'Neill and imprisoned. James succumbed to his wounds shortly after being captured, while being imprisoned at Castle Crocke, near Strathbane.

Family

By his wife, Agnes, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and Lady Jean Gordon, he was the father of: