Mulindry House

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Mulindry House , also Caisteal Mhic Dhomhnuill or Mullintrae House , is the ruin of a fortified house north of Mulindry Farm on the island of Islay in the Scottish administrative unit Argyll and Bute .

history

Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg , invited Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean , the clan chief of the MacLeans , who was visiting his lands on Islay, 1586 to his home in Mulindry. Sir Lachlan hesitated to accept the invitation, but then agreed to the visit as he had Angus' son James and his brother Ranald hostage. He brought with him 86 followers and Angus' son James, while leaving Ranald in chains at Duart Castle . After Sir Lachlan was housed in an adjoining house, the house was surrounded by 300-400 armed men. Angus called for Sir Lachlan to come out and face him in battle, but Sir Lachlan came to the door instead with Angus' son James. James worked with his father to spare his uncle, and Angus agreed to keep Sir Lachlan prisoner.

Sir Lachlan was held captive in a chamber at Mulindry House while his followers were persuaded to surrender to assurances that their life would be spared. Two, however, refused, a relative of Sir Lachlan and the outlaw MacDhomhnuill Herraich of Clan Uisdein . They were determined and withdrew to the adjoining house. When it was burned to the ground, they perished in it. After the news of Sir Lachlan's capture, Allan MacLean , a relative of Sir Lachlan who hoped to gain more influence in the event of Sir Lachlan's death, spread a rumor that Ranald, who was being held at Duart Castle, was in retaliation had been killed. Angus and Ranald's brother, Coll , was upset by the news and had two of the MacLean prisoners killed each day, until eventually only Sir Lachlan and John Dubh of Morvern remained. Sir Lachlan was released after Angus received a large number of hostages and Ranald was also released.

Description of the ruin

Today only a small cluster of stones remains from the house 500 meters southeast of Neriby . The stones are scattered over an area of ​​about 22 meters × 22 meters. Over time, many of the building blocks were removed from the ruins of the house. The remains are still about three feet high today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Caisteal Mhic Dhomhnuill . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Angus McDonald, Archibald McDonald: The Clan Donald . The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Inverness 1900. Volume 2. p. 555. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  3. ^ Angus McDonald, Archibald McDonald: The Clan Donald . The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Inverness 1900. Volume 2. p. 556. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Angus McDonald, Archibald McDonald: The Clan Donald . The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Inverness 1900. Volume 2. p. 557. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Angus McDonald, Archibald McDonald: The Clan Donald . The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Inverness 1900. Volume 2. p. 558. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 39.2 ″  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 10.1 ″  W.