Alasdair Buidhe 14 MACDONELL, of Keppoch

- Abt 1669

• Name	Alasdair Buidhe 14 MACDONELL
  Suffix	of Keppoch
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1669
  Person ID	I308	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Alasdair Nan Cleas 10 MACDONELL, of Keppoch,   d. 1635
  Mother	Jean MACDOUGALL, of Dunollie,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	NicAngus MACDONELL, of Bohuntin,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Allan Dearg MACDONELL, of Keppoch,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Archibald 15 MACDONELL, of Keppoch,   d. Dec 1682   3. Alasdair MACDONELL, of Keppoch,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Second WIFE,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Donald Gorm MACDONELL, of Clianaig,   d. Bef 1697   2. Ranald Na Dalaich MACDONALD, of Keppoch,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alasdair Buidhe Macdonald, 14th of Keppoch. Alasdair Buidhe (yellow haired), who was the Tutor of Keppoch, became the unopposed chief after the murder of the young chiefs. In the Royal Commission, granted July 1665, to proceed against the murderers two of his sons were named. A band of 50 warriors arrived in the Braes of Lochaber in September of 1665, two years after the murders. They surprised Sliochd Dhughaill (Macdonalds of Inverlair) at Inverlair and after a bloody fight Alasdair Ruadh MacDughaill and six of his relatives were killed. lain Lom cut off the heads and ordered the seven headless bodies to be buried on a knoll opposite the house of Inverlair. (The skeletons of the bodies were unearthed in this century and no skulls were found.) The two sons of Alasdair Buidhe avoided capture. The elder, Ailein Dearg, had fled, some say to Lewis, others say to Badenoch. There is one story that has him killed at Tulloch. The younger son, Donald Gorm's, name appears among those against whom legal proceedings were begun in 1671 for the 1663 murders. Keppoch was summoned, among others, before the Privy Council on 15 January, 1669 for using violence against a company of soldiers sent to assist in collecting the taxes. He is said to have drowned in the River Spean the same year. He was succeeded by his second son Archibald, also called Gilleasbuig. [From Ceapach: The Keppoch Newsletter by Joyce Haskell ([email protected]) in turn edited from Clan Ranald of Lochaber by Norman H Macdonald FSA Scot].