MacDonnell, Sorley Boy

MacDonnell, Sorley Boy

▪ Scotch-Irish chieftain
Irish Somhairle Buidhe MacDonnell
born c. 1505, , probably Dunluce Castle, near Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ire.
died 1590, Dunanynie Castle, County Louth

      Scots-Irish chieftain of Ulster, foe and captive of the celebrated Shane O'Neill (O'Neill, Shane).

      From an ancestor who had married Margaret Bisset, heiress of the district on the Antrim coast known as the Glynns (or Glens), MacDonnell inherited a claim to the lordship of that territory; and he was one of the most powerful of the Scottish settlers in Ulster whom the English government tried to bring into subjection. He took an active part in the tribal warfare between his own clan and the MacQuillins and, by defeating the latter at Glenshesk in 1558, acquired the lordship of the Route. He was now too powerful to be neglected by Queen Elizabeth I and her ministers, who were also being troubled by Shane O'Neill. Elizabeth aimed at fomenting the rivalry between the two men and came to terms sometimes with the one and sometimes with the other. Shane O'Neill defeated Sorley Boy near Coleraine in 1564; in 1565 he invaded the Glynns and at Ballycastle won a decisive victory, in which James MacDonnell and Sorley Boy were taken prisoners. James soon afterward died, but Sorley Boy remained O'Neill's captive until 1567, when Shane was murdered by the MacDonnells at Cushendun.

      After the massacre of his family by the English in 1575, Sorley Boy made a successful raid on Carrickfergus and reestablished his power in the Glynns and the Route. His position was further strengthened by an alliance with Turlough Luineach O'Neill and by a formidable immigration of followers from the Scottish islands. In 1585 he regained possession of Dunluce Castle. Elizabeth's representative, Sir John Perrot, reluctantly opened negotiations with Sorley Boy, who in 1586 made submission. He obtained a grant to himself and his heirs of all the Route country between the rivers Bann and Bush, with certain other lands to the east, and was made constable of Dunluce Castle. For the rest of his life he gave no trouble to the English government.

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