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He was a son of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (d 1386), and his first wife Amie MacRory.
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Ranald MacDonald
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This grant may have been a form of compensation for Ranald"s exclusion from the main inheritance of the family, which fell to Donald, the eldest son of John"s second marriage. The Uists were later detached from Garmoran and given to Ranald"s younger brother, Godfrey. Ranald died at Tioram Castle in 1386, and was buried on Iona.
The shaft depicts a Hebridean warrior armed with an axe, which may well be the earliest surviving depiction of a MacDonald.
From Ranald descend the MacDonalds of Clanranald, and the MacDonells of Glengarry.
