IONA ABBEY & CLAN DONALD
IAN ROSS MACDONNELL
  • PURPOSE OF SITE
  • 1.] ABBEY: KINGS/LORDS ENDOW-FINANCE & SUPERINTEND-BUILD.
    • 2) "THE McDONALD" ABBEY HEIRS: Feudal tenure -"Functional Reciprosity".
    • 3) ABBEY "COLLAPSED, IMPOVERISHED": Heirs enforce "Conditionality of Endowment". *MACDONALDS raise Cathedral.
  • 1.] OVERVIEW - PAMPHLET
    • (2.) Charts of Kings/Lords of Isles & Iona
    • (3.) Summary of book's findings.
  • BOOK "CLAN DONALD & IONA ABBEY" - FULL CONTENTS LISTED HERE
    • INTRODUCTION
    • 1. Somerled
    • 2. Reginald
    • 3. Rauri
    • 4. Donald - Clan Founder
    • 5. Eirinn, Birthplace of Somereld and Clan Donald.
    • 6. Most Ancient Graveyard in all Scotland
    • EPILOGUE: Purgatory->Indulgences-> Reformation
  • 1.] IONA INTERPRETATION FAULTS
    • (2.) Main issue is with 5th and 8th Earls of Argyll
  • 1.] ST ORAN'S CEMETERY
    • (2.) Teampeall Odhrain. Tumulus Regum Insularum - Tomb of the King of the Isles
    • (3) Secondary burial - "tradition of the country"
  • 1.] KINGS & LORDS OF THE ISLES - GRAVESLAB ATTRIBUTION
    • [2] BURIAL INTERPRETATION, BODY PARTS, MONUMENT LOCATIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS >
      • a. "FULL NOBLE BODY" - "Good John" eviscerated?
    • [3] Other notable Clan Donald inscibed monuments
  • ANGUS OG's GRAVESLAB No. 150 - SAVIOR OF "THE BRUCE"
  • 1.] ECCLESIASTICAL MACALLISTER NOBLEMEN
    • (2.) Their descent from Alaxandair OG (complete Attachment) >
      • Chart A. From Alaxandair OG, k.1299, Undeposed Chief
      • Chart B. Alaster MOR (is NOT their ancestor)
      • Chart C. Abbots of Iona and Saddell
  • 1.] "HAND OF ST COLUMBA" BODY PART RELIQUARY
    • (2.) Golden Chalice, Plunder of Iona - Macleans of Duart & Glengarry
  • 1.] CATHEDRAL OF THE ISLES RAISED BY LORDS OF ISLES
    • (2.) Plaque for Clan Donald's Cathedral of the Isles.
  • 1.] ARGYLL EARLS STRIP, DESTROY AND PLUNDER IONA
    • (2.) 8th Duke of Argyll "Recrudescence of Romanism" >
      • 3. 19th century looting
  • 20th CENTURY IONA ABBEY RESTORATION
  • IONA COMMUNITY
  • HISTORIC SCOTLAND IONA INTERPRETATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE
  • CLAN DONALD SERVICE, MICHAEL CHAPEL
  • 1.] THE BOOK'S DEVELOPMENT & AUTHOR
    • (2.) SUMMARY of book's findings
    • (3.) Comments about book
  • 1.] BIBLIOGRAPHY
    • [2]. FILES OF MINE - LINKS
    • RANALDUS
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • MAPS
  • WEB SITES
  • CONTACT - BUY BOOK
  • BLOG
    • FREDERICK JOHN GRICE; ANZAC-100
  • GLOSSARY
  • Clan Donald Society Genealogy
-THE PRESERVED Clan Donald Genealogy Database -  from the old Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh (now ceased - 2006).

The Clan Donald Genealogy Database 6085 individuals, 2529 families from file macdonald.GED last updated on 4 January 2006.

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 Welcome to the (preserved) Clan Donald Genealogy Database that used to be maintained by Roddy Macdonald of the Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh. The project aimed to bring the work of the Reverend Doctors Archibald Macdonald of Killearnan and Angus Macdonald of Kiltarlity (Clan Donald, 3 Volumes, Inverness,1896-1904) and Donald J. Macdonald of Castleton (Clan Donald, Loanhead, 1978) up to date in an easily accessible format.

To facilitate searching the database, only 3 variants of the name are used:-   Macdonald, Macdonell and McDonnell for the modern members of the Antrim family.
All other variants are rendered as the closest of the first two.

A chart of the succession of the Chiefs of the branches of the clan can be found here.
Given the mixed Hiberno-Scoto-Norse ancestry of Clan Donald, I make no apology for including the genealogies gleaned from the Icelandic Sagas, which I charted as an aide-memoire when I was studying the Sagas.

Notable Points of Entry into the Genealogy Database - these links are live, as well as every name link in all the gen. charts opened.

The list below gives the founder of each branch of the clan and the last or current representer of that branch (where known), as well as other notables in the database.
Somerled / Sumarlidi / Somhairle Mor MacGillebride (Abt. 1100 - 1164) King of Argyll and the Sudreys.
The eponymous Donald (1190 - 1269) after whom the Clan Donald is named, grandson of Somerled through Ranald MacSorley. The current  High Chief of Clan Donald is the Rt. Hon. Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8th Lord Macdonald.
Angus Og Macdonald of the Isles (1272 - Abt. 1324), grandson of the eponymous Donald. Friend and fellow fighter at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314) of Robert the Bruce (1306 - 1329) King of Scots. The current Queen of Scots is Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms and territories. She is the 24th great granddaughter of Somerled and 20th great granddaughter of Robert the Bruce.
Iain Sprangach Macdonald of Ardnamurchan (Bef. 1292 - Abt. 1330), brother of Angus Og and founder of the MacIains or Macdonalds of Ardnamurchan. The last chief of the Macdonalds of Ardnamurchan was Alexander, 7th of Ardamurchan (Bef. 1518 - Abt 1538).
Iain Og an Fraoch Macdonald of Glencoe (abt. 1330 - 1358), natural son of Angus Og and founder of the MacIains or Macdonalds of Glencoe. The chief killed in the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe was Alasdair Ruadh, 12th Chief. The last chief was Alexander James John, 19th Chief.
John Macdonald (Bef. 1324 - 1387), son of Angus Og and 1st Lord of the Isles.
Ranald Macdonald (1352 - 1389), son of John by Amie MacRuaridh and founder of the Clanranald Macdonalds and Glengarry MacDonells. The current Clanranald is Ranald Alexander, 24th Chief and the current Glengarry is Aeneas Ranald Euan, 23rd Chief.
Godfrey Macdonald (Bef. 1358 - 1401), son of John by Amie MacRuaridh and founder of the Siol Gorraidh.
Donald of Harlaw Macdonald of the Isles (Abt. 1359 - 1423), son and heir of John by Princess Margaret Stewart of Scots, 2nd Lord of the Isles, claimant to the Earldom of Ross who fought the Battle of Harlaw.
Iain Mor Tanister Macdonald of the Isles (Bef. 1380 - 1427), son of John by Princess Margaret Stewart of Scots and founder of the Macdonalds of Dunnyveg and the Glens of Antrim, also known as Clan Donald South.  The current Representer of Clan Donald South is Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim.
Alasdair Carrach Macdonald of Keppoch (Bef. 1380 - Abt. 1443), son of John by Princess Margaret Stewart of Scots and founder of the MacDonalds or MacDonells of Keppoch. The current Chief (for aught yet seen) is Ranald Alasdair, 22nd Chief.
Alexander Macdonald of the Isles and Earl of Ross (Bef. 1423 - 1449). 3rd Lord of the Isles, son and heir of Donald of Harlaw.
Hugh or Uisden Macdonald of Sleat (Bef. 1449 - 1498), son of Alexander, 3rd Lord of the Isles and founder of the Macdonalds of Sleat. The current Chief of the Macdonalds of Sleat is Sir Iain Godfrey, 25th Chief.
Celestine Macdonald of Lochalsh (Bef. 1449 - 1476), son of Alexander, 3rd Lord of the Isles and founder of the Macdonalds of Lochalsh. The last Chief of the Macdonalds of Lochalsh was Sir Donald Gallda in the 16th Century.


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