John Mor was a son of Donald Balloch MacDonald and Johanna, daughter of Conn O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick. He was the third chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
In 1493, with John of Islay being required to forfeit his title of Lord of the Isles and pay homage to King James IV of Scotland, the King garrisoned and provisioned Tarbert and Dunaverty Castle with royal forces in 1494. Sir John MacDonald, whom the king had recently knighted and to whom John had rendered homage, retook Dunaverty Castle just as the King was sailing for Stirling. The dead body of the castle's governor was hung over the castle walls in sight of the King and his departing entourage. The King, infuriated by Sir John's actions, declared Sir John a traitor and summoned him to Edinburgh for treason.[citation needed].
Sir John Macdonald ignored the summons and continued to reside at Islay. He and his sons were captured through the treachery of his kinsman John MacIan of Ardnamurchan. Sir John, his son John Cathanach and John Cathanach's sons John Mor, John Og and Donald Balloch were tried, convicted of treason and hung on the Burgh Muir in 1499. John Cathanach's remaining son, Alexander Carragh, fled to Ireland and became the next chief of the clan and 5th earl of Dunnyveg.
Family
By his wife Sabina (Sarah), daughter of Felim O'Neill of Clandeboy, they had;
John Cathanach, married Sheela (Cecelia) Savage, daughter of Robert Savage, Lord of the Ardes in Ireland. Executed in 1499.
Alistair Carragh
References
Rev. A. MacDonald & Rev. A. MacDonald, The Clan Donald, pp374–375.
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