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
COLLECTIONS ON-LINE.

Photographic Collections
   - DIGITOOL  (Aberdeen Uni).   (Use "search" - Iona.)  George Washington Wilson.  The George Washington Wilson collection contains over 37,000 images taken during the second half of the 19th century in the UK, Africa and Australia.

CANMORE - IONA COLLECTION (RCAHMS).

Corpus of Electronic Texts.  CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts. Documents of Ireland.

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books.

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Aeneas Ranald Euan MacDonell
23rd Chief of Glengarry
Sir Ian Godfrey Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, Bart.  17th Baronet of Nova Scotia and 24th Chief of Sleat
The Right Honourable Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald,  8th Lord Macdonald and 34th High Chief of Clan Donald
Ranald Alexander Macdonald of Clanranald
24th Captain and Chief of Clanranald
The Right Honourable Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell
9th Earl of Antrim and Viscount Dunluce, 14th Chief of Antrim

CLAN DONALD CHIEFS

Clan Donald is the largest and oldest of all the Highland clans, and the only one to have a High Chief and subsidiary Chiefs in their own right.

Previously, based on an agreement made in 1911 between the Chiefs of Clan Donald, precedence at a Clan Donald function was based, for each occasion, on a toss of a coin, for the much-contested role of presiding Chief. However, today as High Chief, Lord Macdonald chairs the High Council of Clan Donald Chiefs, composed of the Chiefs of Clanranald, Glengarry, Sleat, and Antrim.

CLAN DONALD SOCIETY LINKS:

  •  Australia
  • Canada
  • Europe
  • Highlands and Islands
  • New Zealand
  • USA

  •   Armadale Castle Gardens & Museum of The Isles.
      The Clan Donald Centre - Clan Donald Lands Trust        
Armadale and The Clan Donald Centre is the home of Clan Donald on the Isle of Skye, supported and maintained by the Clan Donald Lands Trust, for all persons of Clan Donald heritage.  Please visit the on-line shop, where items can be purchased directly, including tartan scarves, sashes and ties, along with many gifts, books, jewelry.  Support Clan Donald and Armadale by your purchase! 

  • The Finlaggan Trust
       The Finlaggan Trust works to support the Centre of the Lordship of the Isles on Islay, preserving the ruins on Eilean Mor and Eilean na Comhairle,  preserves the carved stones on Eilean Mor, and maintains an Interpretive centre for visitors.

  • The High Council of Clan Donald. 
The mission of the High Council of Clan Donald is to provide leadership, guidance and communication, and to bring unity to the world-wide Clan Donald.

  • The Galley Aileach - The Lord of The Isles Galley Trust
       The Galley Aileach is the first replica of a Hebridean birlinn (or West Highland Galley) ever built.  She is owned and supported by the Lord of the Isles Galley Trust, a charitable trust set up to promote knowledge of the maritime history of the Celtic Revival period in Scotland.

  •  Clan Ranald Gathering - Arisaig Highland Games and Clanranald ...

Members of Clan Donald from around the world are being invited to attend mòd with their chief at a Gathering of Clan Donald on 30 July 2014 at Traigh Farm, Arisaig in Lochaber. The Gathering will be in conjunction with the Arisaig Highland Games and will be hosted by the Clan Ranald.  For more information visit www.arisaighighlandgames.co.uk  or email [email protected]

  • Clan Donald DNA Project
Clan Donald’s DNA project, now nine years old, is among the largest family-based genetic genealogy project in the world. On February 25, 2011, it reached the 1000 participant level.

  • Clan Donald Foundation, Inc.
The Clan Donald Foundation  is a charitable, not-for-profit corporation. The Foundation has IRS 501 (c)(3) status, which means that contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible for members of Clan Donald USA, as well as for any American citizen desiring to contribute.

  • Glencoe Heritage Trust
The Glencoe Heritage Trust (The Glencoe Appeal)  was set up by local crofter Alistair MacDonald, a descendant of the MacDonald's of Glencoe in order that this most scenic area of Glencoe remains in local hands. The acquisition of this land was a rare opportunity for the local community to ensure the preservation of this unique landscape, and to raise awareness of the historical importance of their lands both locally and worldwide.

  • Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh
The Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh  was formed in 1891. The object of the Society is the fostering and preservation of Clan Donald sentiment: to encourage education, the honouring of dintingushed clans folk, and the collection and preservation of records and traditions bearing on the history of the Clan Donald.

  • Clan Donald Heritage
Fáilte a Chur Roimh an Tir Chlainn Domhnaill Oighreachd

Clan Donald - The Highland Connection
A site with a lot of Clan Donald information.

MacSheehy....    (Clan Donald Ireland - descent from Alaster Mor, son of Donald I).

The Clan McAlister of America           CLAN MACALISTER, Victoria, Australia. 

Ulster Heritage  -  Welcome, Fair Faa Ye, and Failte to the Ulster Heritage website, home of All Things Ulster. Here you will find information about Ulster genealogy, families, clans, history and culture.

  • Some Spared Stones of Ireland 

  • 1.     "CLAIOMH"  FACEBOOK.        2.     Their "Age of of Galloglass 1250-1600"    website.  3.   And their excellent blog-spot - use link below graphic. 
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IAN  R.  MACDONNELL,   MELBOURNE,  AUSTRALIA -  DEC 2012.     ©    International rights reserved : Moral, Economic, Attribution.                                                                                                                                                          
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