Facts and traditions collected for a family record

56 FACTS AND TRADITIONS.
Sidney, with the Queen of England, and passed over the claims of her
eldest son Angus to the estates of the Glens, and had them granted to
her second son Sorley Buy Macdonald, from whom Angus was never
able to recover them.
In a.d. ] 585, a feud broke out between Angus Macdonald of Isla and
the Macleans, in consequence of which, Angus was brought to trial, and
a sentence of forfeiture was brought against him a.d. 1594, but he
retained possession of part of Isla and Kintyre. In a.d. 1598, Sir
James Macdonald, son of Angus, took command of the clan. He was
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle, A.D. 1604, by the intrigues of the Earl
of Argyle, (the House of Argyle had long been hostile to the Clan Donald
South.) In 1615, Sir James escaped from prison, and attempted to
recover his possessions, but the Earl of Argyle and his friends over-
powered him, and he fled to Ireland and thence to Spain. In 1618 he
was recalled from Spain and pardoned, and died in London, 1626. His
brother Angus Oig was unjustly hanged in Edinburgh, 1615. In 1644
the castles of Dunyveg in Isla and Dunivertig in Kintyre were taken,
and the garrison of the latter, three hundred men, treacherously mur-
dered, after surrender of their arms. After the capture of Dunyveg,
two hundred men were transported to Jura, where most of them died of
famine or plague.
Thus the Clan Ian Vor was totally extinguished.
Sir Ranald MacSorley or Macdonnell, second son of Sorley Buy
Macdonald, in 1618 was created Viscount of Dunluce, and afterwards
advanced to the dignity of Earl of Antrim. He is described as
having been " a singular promoter and patron of civility in the north
of Ireland.''' Ranald, his son, succeeded as second Earl, and, for his
services against the Irish rebels in 1641, was created, in 1643, Marquis
of Antrim.
The youngest brother of Sorley Buy was Coll MacGillespick of