Domhnall mac Alasdair explained

Domhnall mac Alasdair was a son of Alasdair Mór mac Domhnaill, and a member of Clann Domhnaill. Domhnall is attested by the fifteenth-century manuscript National Library of Scotland Advocates' 72.1.1 (also known as 1467 MS and 1450 MS).^[1] He may be identical to Domhnall of Islay.^[2] The latter's attestations suggest that he was a contestant to the Clann Domhnaill lordship,^[3] and may have possessed the chiefship.^[4]

References

Primary sources

• Web site: Kindred 30 MacDonald . Black . R . Black . M . n.d. . 1467 Manuscript . 9 December 2018 . B1 .

Secondary sources

• Duffy . S . 1991 . The 'Continuation' of Nicholas Trevet: A New Source for the Bruce Invasion . . 91C . 303–315 . 25516086 . 0035-8991 . 2009-0048 . D2 .
• Book: Duncan . AAM . Archie Duncan (historian) . 2007 . 1997 . The Bruce . Canongate Classics . . Edinburgh . 978-0-86241-681-2 . D1 .
• Book: McDonald, RA . 1997 . The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c. 1100–c. 1336 . Scottish Historical Monographs . Tuckwell Press . East Linton . 978-1-898410-85-0 . M4 .
• Book: Munro . J . Munro . RW . 1986 . The Acts of the Lords of the Isles, 1336–1493 . Scottish History Society, Fourth Series . . Edinburgh . 0-906245-07-9 . M5 .
• Book: Murray, N . 2002 . A House Divided Against Itself: A Brief Synopsis of the History of Clann Alexandair and the Early Career of "Good John of Islay" c. 1290–1370 . McGuire . NR . Ó Baoill . C . Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2000: Papers Read at the Conference Scottish Gaelic Studies 2000 Held at the University of Aberdeen 2–4 August 2000 . 221–230 . An Clò Gaidhealach . Aberdeen . 0952391171 . M3 .
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Notes and References

1. [#M4|McDonald (1997)]
2. [#M3|Murray (2002)]
3. [#P2|Penman, MA (2014)]
4. [#S1|Sellar (2016)]