macdonnells of antrim造句

• In the mid-16th century it came into the ownership of the MacDonnells of Antrim.
• Later, in the 16th century, it came into the possession of the MacDonnells of Antrim.
• Many redshanks came from the MacDonnells of Antrim, recent Hebridean settlers in north-eastern Ireland.
• This action is called the battle of Slieve-an-aura and has been inaccurately dated to 1559 by a number of sources, following Rev . George Hill's history, " The MacDonnells of Antrim ".
• The MacDonnells of Antrim did not become a separate branch of Clan Donald until 1558, when they were part of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, when Somhairle Buidhe MacDonnell obtained the lordship of the territory in Ireland from James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg.
• Notable branches without chiefs so-recognised are : the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh, the MacDonnells of Antrim are a cadet branch of the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg but do not belong to the Scottish associations and have a chief officially recognised in Ireland.
• Historian David Stevenson writes : " It is a moot point whether one should call the MacDonnells of Antrim Scots or Irish . . . To the MacDonnells themselves the question was largely irrelevant, they had more in common with native Irish and Scots Highlanders, with whom they shared a common Gaelic language and culture than with those who ruled them ".
• In 1567 Shane was murdered by the MacDonnells of Antrim, and Sidney turned his attention to the south, where he arranged the quarrel between Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, and he executed or imprisoned others he deemed to be disturbers of the peace; then, returning to Ulster, he compelled Turlough Luineach O'Neill, Shane's successor in the chieftainship, to make submission, and placed garrisons at Belfast and Carrickfergus to overawe Tyrone and the Glynns.