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Life
?-1636 [Raghnaill mac Dhomhnaill; called “Arranach”]; son of Sorley Boy (?1505-1590; attained lordship of Route, 1598; defeated by Essex; joined O’Neill’s rebellion, 1600; submitted to Lord Mountjoy, 1602; created first viscount Dunluce, 1618, and first Earl of Antrim, 1620. ODNB DUB
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Criticism
Jane H. Ohlmeyer, Civil War and Restoration in Three Stuart Kingdoms: The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim, 1609-1683 (Cambridge UP 1993; rep. 2001); see also Hector McDonnell, The Wild Geese of the Antrim McDonnells (Dublin: IAP [1997]).
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Notes
Kith & kin: His son and namesake Randall MacDonnell introduced at court in London; married the widow of the Duke of Buckingham, 1635; raised army for the king in Scotland; suspected and imprisoned; allowed to retire to Ireland; returned to England; pardoned [ODNB, under same.]
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