Finlaggan is a historic site on Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan, on the island of Islay, around 4 km west of the ferry terminal at Port Askaig.
Looking southwest down Loch Finlaggan with the ruins of buildings around the site of Finlaggan Castle on the island of Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan, a loch in the island of Islay
The tomb effigy of Domhnall Mac Gilleasbuig, crown tenant of Finlaggan during the 1540s.
Ancient graves in the ruins of Kilfinlaggan Chapel next to the site of Finlaggan Castle
Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald, is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493
Finlaggan
…Loch Finlaggan, on the island of Islay, around 4 km west of the ferry terminal at Port Askaig. Finlaggan was the seat of the Lords of the Isles and of Clan Donald. Two of the three islands in Loch Finlaggan, Eilean Mòr ("Great Isle") and Eilean na Comhairle ("Isle of the Council"), were the administrative centre…
The Battle of Harlaw as depicted in The Clan Donald volume 1 (1896), by A and A MacDonald, who assert that Donald of Islay and his army of Scottish Highlanders won a victory over the Duke of Albany and his army of Scottish Lowlanders, which resulted in the "total annihilation" of the Lowland army. However, some historians say the battle was indecisive with no clear victor and the Oxford Companion to Scottish History (2011) states that Donald of Islay was "defeated at great cost at Harlaw".
Colonsay, Inner Hebrides; loss of the Lordship of the Isles fractured MacDonald unity
Inverlochy Castle: a Campbell-dominated army camped here before their destruction on 2 February 1645 by a largely MacDonald force
Clan Donald grave marker at the site of the Battle of Culloden