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	Alasdair MacColla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alasdair MacColla (circa 1620 to 1647) was a Scottish-Irish soldier.
		MacColla was born in the Western Isles of Scotland in the early seventeenth century into the Clan Donald branch of the MacDonald clan.
		MacColla's men were mostly killed in the Confederate defeats at the battle of Dungans Hill in Meath and then at the battle of Knocknanauss in Cork.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alasdair_MacColla (830 words)

	Campaigns of the Marquis of Montrose, 1644-5
		His troops were a band of 1,600 Irish Catholics led by Alasdair MacColla MacDonald, who had landed in Scotland to fight for the King in July, and 800 Scots of the Stewart, Robertson and Graham clans who had been called out against MacColla but were persuaded to follow Montrose.
		Montrose deployed his 600 Highlanders in the centre and divided his Irishmen on the flanks, with Alasdair MacColla on the right wing and Magnus O'Cahan on the left.
		Alasdair MacColla took most of his Irish troops away to continue the inter-clan war against the Campbells in the west of Scotland.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1644-5-montrose-scotland.htm (2055 words)

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		Colonsay-born Alasdair, the greatest of the sword and buckler men and the Achilles of the Gael, is often erroneously given his father's nickname of Colkitto which may be a corruption of Gaelic for left-handed although clever-cunning and ambidextrous have also been suggested.
		In English Alasdair is normally given as Sir Alexander MacDonald because Alexander is, of course, the Scots or English for Alasdair.
		Alasdair was killed in battle in 1647 at Knocknanuss, in Co. Cork.
	www.neilmunro.co.uk /paragraphs2.htm (2778 words)

	This Month in Celtic History - September 2003
		Alasdair had not been on the best of terms with Phelim O’Neil and Alasdair’s cousin Randall MacDonnell, The Earl of Antrim, was not on hand to advance the MacDonald/MacDonnell cause.
		There was a hitch however; Alasdair and Ranald were to lead their men on a raid against the Irish while their forces were crossing the River Bann to defect to the British.
		Aladair MacColla, the son of a charismatic and legendary Highland leader, Coll Ciotach, would eclipse his father and emerge from the mists of history as one of the sources of the emerging Jacobite epoch.
	www.celticleague.org /history_9-03a.html (1033 words)

	Alasdair MacColla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MacColla really came to prominence with the onset of the conflict knowns as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (The wars of the three kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in scotland, ireland,...)
		MacColla and Montrose won a series of victories at the battle of Tippermuir (The battle of tippermuir (september 1 1644) was the first battle james graham, 1st marquess of montrose...)
		MacColla's men were mostly killed in the Confederate defeats at the battle of Dungans Hill (The battle of dungans hill took place in meath, in eastern ireland in august 1647....)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/alasdair_maccolla1 (2014 words)

	Notes
		Alasdair was soon a variance with the neighbouring Camerons and their differences came to a head in February 1554 when the Camerons, led by their chief Ewen Beag of Lochiel, invaded the Braes of Lochaber.
		Alasdair was severely wounded in the foot by an arrow and was unable to lad the pursuit of the vanquished.
		Alasdair Buidhe, indeed did have a son known as Donald Gorm who, along with his eldest brother alan, was indicted for the morder of alexander 13th Chief and his brother Ranald in 1663...
	www.clandonald.org.uk /genealogy/notes.html (14651 words)

	Netherlorn and its Neighbourhood - Chapter IX - Kilninver
		To Alasdair MacDonald, as Major- General, the leadership in the actual fighting fell; indeed, in local tradition Montrose is not mentioned as being in the engagements at all.
		Alasdair replied: "I do not doubt that you are my uncle, but would you rather die by sword or rope?" " 'S truagh mi fhiein," replied Achnambreac, "da dhiu gun aon roghainn" ("Woe is me, two evils and one choice"), a saying which has become proverbial.
		According to another version Alasdair was most anxious to save his uncle, and after the battle enquired of the leader of the Irish contingent, a Major Manus MacNamara, if any one knew aught of his relative.
	www.electricscotland.com /books/netherlorn9.htm (4046 words)

	This Month in Celtic History - June 2003
		Alasdair MacColla’s purpose in Ulster was not to precipitate nor participate in conflict in the province, but once settled there historical forces impelled him as a MacDonald/MacDonnell, a Catholic and a Gael to assume a role congruent with his identity and ancestry.
		Alasdair MacColla dodged imprisonment by Campbell the former Earl of, and now Marquis of Argyll.
		And Alasdair MacColla would be the agent to act decisively and strike the definitive blow.
	www.celticleague.org /history_6-03b.html (1038 words)

	Clan Donald - Selected Historical Articles
		Alasdair Macdonald was of the ancient stock of Dunnyveg in Islay, the son of Macdonald of Colonsay.
		His army consisted of 1,500 men, the majority being Alasdairs Irish, with a few hundred Macdonalds, Stewarts, Macleans and Cameron's, and a contingent of horsed Lowlanders.
		Montrose placed the Irish Macdonalds on his left and right wing under Alasdair Macdonald, and O'Cahan, whilst he himself led the center which was composed Clan Donald's, Glencoe, Clanranald and Glengarrys men, with men from Atholl, the Stewarts of Appin, and Clan Cameron.
	www.highlandconnection.org /clandonaldhistory.html (2305 words)

	Scottish Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Irish sent 1500 men to Scotland under the command of Alasdair MacColla MacDonald, a MacDonald clansman from the Western Isles of Scotland.
		In 1647, Montrose fled for Norway, while MacColla returned to Ireland with his remaining Irish and Highland troops to re-join the Confederates.
		Sporadic Royalist rebellions continued throughout the Commonwealth period in Scotland, particularly in western Highlands, where Alasdair MacColla had raised his forces in the 1640s.
	scottish-civil-war.ask.dyndns.dk (2857 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Battle of Tippermuir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 - 21 May 1650), was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed.
		Earl of Wemyss (pronounced Weems) is the title held by a Scottish family who had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century, and of which various members had attained distinction.
		The Covenanters, named after the Solemn League and Covenant, were a party that, originating in the Reformation movement, played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in that of England, during the 17th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Tippermuir (1517 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Highland Warrior: Alasdair MacColla and the Civil Wars: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MacColla had an agenda of his own - compelling the Campbells to disgorge ancestral MacDonald territories in the west of Scotland - and he revealed himself as the first (and perhaps the last) great Celtic general of modern times.
		MacColla ushered in a century (1644-1746) during which the forgotten Gaelic-speaking peoples of Britain and Ireland nearly succeeded in regaining control of their lands and destiny.
		This book describes the tragic course of events when, despite MacColla's saving the reckless Montrose from himself on several occasions, the alliance fell to pieces, Montrose was defeated at Philiphaugh, and MacColla withdrew from Scotland and was killed in southern Ireland.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0854110593 (472 words)

	Alasdair MacColla - ScotWars
		Re: the comments on Alasdair MacColla and the lack of a memorial to Knocknanuss...
		In 1997 local history enthusiasts led by Mr Con Tarrant of Banteer, Cork raised money for a stone monument and plaque to the battle and a plaque for Clonmeen Church where MacColla is buried.
		At the time the remains of the lead lining of his coffin could still be reached through a hole in the crypt.
	www.scotwars.com /html/maccolla.htm (174 words)

	Alasdair MacColla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		was Alasdair MacColla Ciotach MacDomhnaill (in English: Alasdair the son of Colla the Left-handed, of the clan MacDonald).
		Presbyterians" shows the Highland charge from the era of the Jacobite Risings, the tactic was pioneered in the Scottish Civil War by Alasdair MacColla]] Montrose had already tried and failed to lead a Royalist uprising by 1644, when he was presented with a ready made Royalist army.
		Moreover, although he had an excellent contingent of veteran troops under Alasdair MacColla, most of his men were similarly inexperienced.
	5db2c47afdc8d28182266a1f6444a6b6.yo.ogarnij.pl /en/Alasdair+MacColla (10842 words)

	Scottish Towns - Aberuthven - Marquis of Montrose
		MacColla commanded two thousand men and, armed with great strength and military expertise, was a valuable ally.
		But Montrose and Alasdair were not easily put down and they turned into the hills at the south end of Loch Ness and doubled back behind the mountains and caught Argyll's army by surprise in the rear.
		Meanwhile, Alasdair left his side to continue his own personal vendetta against the hated, tyrannical Campbells of Argyll; and a lack of an intelligence arm to Montrose's forces meant that he consistently underestimated his opponents and was always in the dark with regards to their actions.
	www.scottish-towns.co.uk /perthshire/aberuthven/history.html (1580 words)

	Osprey Publishing - Auldearn 1645
		Instead it was Alasdair and his swordsmen alone who were the heroes, not the allegedly cowardly Gordons: Alasdair you were good that day at Auldearn, when you leapt among the pikes; and whether good or ill befell you, you would not shout ‘Relief’.
		Hemmed in by Lawers’ men, MacColla had a number of pikes thrust into his round targe, but hacked off their heads, only for his sword to break in his hand.
		As Applecross died, MacColla regained the temporary safety of a doorway, covered by another of his men, named Ranald Mackinnon.
	www.ospreypublishing.com /title_detail.php?ser=CAM&title=S6798&view=spread&view=extract (272 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Portents of war attended the birth of Alasdair MacColla on the Hebridean island of Colonsay one night in 1605, when all the weapons in the house shook and rattled.
		Later waves of these guests were known as "New Scots" and "Redshanks", from a supposed resemblance of the red legging-clad fighters to a common wading bird.
		Alasdair grew up on Colonsay, spending time with kinfolk on Rathlin Island and in Ballypatrick, Co Antrim.
	www.ucc.ie /research/nfp/archive5/page5.html (474 words)

	James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, 1612-50
		In July 1644, a small band of Irish Confederates, led by Alasdair MacColla MacDonald, landed on the west coast of Scotland.
		MacColla's band marched into the Highlands, terrorising the Covenanting Campbell clan as they went.
		With MacColla's Irishmen and a motley band of clansmen as the nucleus of his army, Montrose began a spectacular Royalist campaign against the Covenanters in the Highlands.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/montrose.htm (1397 words)

	17th century weighted sword - NetSword Discussion Forums
		MacColla may have been a big man, but a mobile 10 lbs(!) weight is going to play merry hell with the balance of any weapon it's attached to.
		Another historian who has written about the clan conflicts of the time stated that this sword was removed from Alasdair's body after he was killed at the Battle of Knocknanoss and kept at a castle in County Tipperary until the 19th century when records of it disappear.
		Alasdair Mac Colla - (1610?-1647) -- Born on Colonsay and raised among the MacDonnells and O'Cahans in Ulster, Alasdair Mac Colla (Nicknamed 'The Devastator') was one of the most ardent defenders of the old Catholic, Gaelic cultural order.
	www.netsword.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000356.html (7999 words)

	Highland Warrior Book from Books.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MacColla's aim was nothing less than the effective destruction of the power of Clan Campbell and its replacement by the older overlordship of the Macdonalds.
		MacColla was the first - and perhaps the last - great Celtic general of modern times, who lived at a dynamic time which saw the increasingly forgotten and marginalised Gaelic speaking peoples of Scotland and Ireland nearly succeed in regaining control of their lands and destiny.
		Superbly written, Highland Warrior is a compelling and dramatic sweep through some of the most eventful years in Scottish history, told in a text both authoritative and highly readable.
	www.books.co.uk /highland_warrior/0859765636.html (232 words)

	AULDEARN 1645: The Marquis of Montrose's Scottish Campaign (Campaign) \| Buy cheap Book with low price
		Another, perhaps picky, observation is that Mr Reid refers to Montrose's troops as rebels and Alasdair MacColla's Irishmen as mercenaries.
		Montrose in fact supported the legitimate government of King Charles and so was not a rebel at all.
		Reid provides only the faintest detail on other commanders, such as noting that MacColla was a professional soldier, but doesn't even mention the age of 3 of 4 leaders.
	book.surpriced.com /1841766798.html (1216 words)

	ScottishHistory.com
		As has already been pointed out this gave powerful clans such as the Campbells the chance to increase their hold over their neighbours and put extra pressure on them, thereby increasing tension.
		The campaign of Montrose and Alasdair MacColla in 1645 ostensibly on behalf of Charles I was in many ways an attempt to settle some old scores.
		The royalist army at Inverlochy in 1645 were MacDonalds and MacLeans, many branches of Clan Donald had joined in on the Royalist side because the Campbells were on the Parliamentarian side, and they saw the chance of regaining land from the Campbells.
	www.scottishhistory.com /articles/highlands/politics/highland_page1.html (1786 words)

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		His next target - Aberdeen, but his forces were diminished by the Highlanders going home with their booty, leaving only the Irish.
		Alasdair MacDonald is often called Alasdair MacColla or Colkitto.
		He brought a force of exiled MacDonalds and MacLeans from Antrim.
	www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk /ecivil/tippermuir.htm (665 words)

	Celtic History - Past Months
		The Way to the Gaeltachd (In The Footsteps of Alasdair MacColla, PartÂ Two)
		A Turn of Fate (Alasdair MacColla, Part Seven)
		The stories in This Month in Celtic History are drawn from the over 1000 anniversaries of people and events from the histories of the six Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and the Isle of Mann in the 2007 Celtic Calendar, available soon from the Celtic League AmericanÂ Branch.
	www.celticleague.org /history_past-months.html (106 words)

	FreisslerSoft Books Alasdair
		After MacIntyre: Critical Perspectives on the Work of Alasdair MacIntypr
		Glasgow Urban Writing and Postmodernism: A Study of Alasdair Gray's Fiction (Scottish Studies, Vol.
		Highland Warrior: Alasdair MacColla and the Civil Wars
	www.freisslersoft.com /al/Book_Alasdair.html (60 words)

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