scotland – Ictis Heritage Research – Alasdair MacIlleathain

28th May 2024

An Eye for an Eye: The War of the One-Eyed Woman, Skye’s Final and Bloodiest Conflict

Read here to find out about Skye’s final and bloodies clan battle between the ever feuding MacLeods of Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat!

Massacred at Mass: The Battle of the Spoiling Dyke

As MacLeod churchgoers settled down for their Sunday worship one fateful May morn in 1578, unbeknownst to them, a band of their rivals slid into shore ready to unleash hell.

Salt and Steel: Hugh MacDonald, the Hebridean Pirate of Caisteal Uisdean

A Story of Steel and Salt, find out how Hugh MacDonald went from a successful Hebridean Pirate to meet a surprisingly salty end. Also, find out how his relationship to the MacDonalds of Sleat has been assumed and mistaken by learning the true identity of Hugh MacDonald.