Strathlachlan, Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, Scotland
Name: Duinsleibhe "Dunsleve" O'Neill, Lord of Knapdale
Birth: 1122 in Ulster Province, Ireland
Married: about 1150 in Argyll, Scotland
Children: (1)
Gilchrist Gillechriosd MacLachlan, 1st. Chief of Clan MacLachlan (1156-1186)
Gilchrist was the grandson of Aodh Alainn O’Neill, son of Dunsleve. He married the daughter of Lachlan and granddaughter of Rorie. In the 6th century warriors from Ireland founded the Ulster -Scottish kingdom of Dalriada and called that part of the West Coast of Scotland, Earra Gael (Argyll), "the land of the Gael."
Then in 563, St. Columba established himself on Iona. It is reputed that MacLochlainns have been in Argyll since that time.
About 1038, Anrothan O'Neill, resigned as King of Aileach in favor of his brother and moved to Kintyre where he married a princess of a local king; she brought as a dowry the lands of Cowal which is the peninsula lying between Loch Fyne, the Firth of Clyde and Loch Long, and also the lands of Knapdale which lies on the western side of Loch Fyne. From old Gaelic manuscripts, the family Maclachlan of Maclachlan can claim descent from Anrothan and the Kings of Aileach and High Kings of Ireland.
The MacLochlains of Donegal, Kings of Aileach, and the O'Neills, Lords of Tyrone, both descended from the legendary High King Niall Mor bitterly contested for supremacy in the north of Ireland, from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries.
In 1241 Brian O'Neill, backed by the Norman Earl of Ulster and by the O'Donnells triumphed in battle and slaughtered King Domnhall MacLochlainn with ten of his immediate family, his chieftains and most of the adult MacLochlainn males; the MacLochlainns, for centuries Kings of Aileach and High Kings of Ireland, never again challenged their kinsmen the O'Neills for supremacy.
Then in 563, St. Columba established himself on Iona. It is reputed that MacLochlainns have been in Argyll since that time.
About 1038, Anrothan O'Neill, resigned as King of Aileach in favor of his brother and moved to Kintyre where he married a princess of a local king; she brought as a dowry the lands of Cowal which is the peninsula lying between Loch Fyne, the Firth of Clyde and Loch Long, and also the lands of Knapdale which lies on the western side of Loch Fyne. From old Gaelic manuscripts, the family Maclachlan of Maclachlan can claim descent from Anrothan and the Kings of Aileach and High Kings of Ireland.
The MacLochlains of Donegal, Kings of Aileach, and the O'Neills, Lords of Tyrone, both descended from the legendary High King Niall Mor bitterly contested for supremacy in the north of Ireland, from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries.
In 1241 Brian O'Neill, backed by the Norman Earl of Ulster and by the O'Donnells triumphed in battle and slaughtered King Domnhall MacLochlainn with ten of his immediate family, his chieftains and most of the adult MacLochlainn males; the MacLochlainns, for centuries Kings of Aileach and High Kings of Ireland, never again challenged their kinsmen the O'Neills for supremacy.
Died: after 1156 in Scotland
Buried: after 1156 in Scotland
Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland
IX. The Gaels: of the eleventh century married the joint heiress of the Cineal Comhgall (after whom Cowall is named) and their collateral kinsmen the Cineal nGabrain of Knapdale. His two grandsons, Donnshleibhe (Dunsleve) and Domhnall (Donald) O'Neill are the ancestors of the branches of the clan. From Dunsleve, lord of Knapdale in the early thirteenth century are descended the MacLachlans, Lamonts, MacSorleys, MacSweeneys, MacQueens or MacSweens and the MacEwens.
The MacLachlans inhabited Strathlachlan in Argyle, and had their stronghold, Castle Lachlan, on the south shore of Loch Fyne. In 1230 the then chief Gilpatrick, son of Gilchrist (ancestor of the MacGilchrist branch of the family, lords of Glassary—see under Scrymgeour) witnessed a charter granted to Paisley Abbey by Laomainn, his cousin, ancestor of the Lamonts.
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IX. The Gaels: of the eleventh century married the joint heiress of the Cineal Comhgall (after whom Cowall is named) and their collateral kinsmen the Cineal nGabrain of Knapdale. His two grandsons, Donnshleibhe (Dunsleve) and Domhnall (Donald) O'Neill are the ancestors of the branches of the clan. From Dunsleve, lord of Knapdale in the early thirteenth century are descended the MacLachlans, Lamonts, MacSorleys, MacSweeneys, MacQueens or MacSweens and the MacEwens.
The MacLachlans inhabited Strathlachlan in Argyle, and had their stronghold, Castle Lachlan, on the south shore of Loch Fyne. In 1230 the then chief Gilpatrick, son of Gilchrist (ancestor of the MacGilchrist branch of the family, lords of Glassary—see under Scrymgeour) witnessed a charter granted to Paisley Abbey by Laomainn, his cousin, ancestor of the Lamonts.
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Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland
Knapdale (Scottish Gaelic: Cnapadal) forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. The area is bounded by sea to the east and west (Loch Fyne and the Sound of Jura respectively), whilst the sea loch of West Loch Tarbert almost completely cuts off the area from Kintyre to the south. The name is derived from two Gaelic elements: Cnap meaning hill and Dall meaning field. source: Wikipedia
Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland
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