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The Battle of Bloody Bay, or Blàr Bàgh na Fala in Scottish Gaelic, was a naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland.It was fought on the coast of Mull 2 miles (3 kilometres) north of Tobermory, between John MacDonald of Islay, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Og Macdonald.
John managed to raise an army of his own against his son, and his fleet of galleys met those of Angus sometime in the early 1480s – we cannot be more precise than that – off the coast of Mull to the north-west of the present town of Tobermory, an area ever afterwards to be known as Bloody Bay. The Battle of Bloody Bay was a complete victory ...
While the first settlement and harbor were on the northside coastline in the area off of the "Bloody Bay Wall", Blossom Village was the second settlement in the early 1800s on the southside, on South Hole Sound', and is where the school, stores, post office, park, and the back sandy road are located today. After the 1932 hurricane which claimed ...
This place is near Tobermory, and has since been known as Badh-na-fola, and the conflict is known as the Battle of Bloody Bay. [1] Hector Odhar not only headed his clan, but also took his hereditary post of lieutenant-general under the John of Islay, Earl of Ross. A naval engagement was fought with the most rancorous animosity, and prodigious ...
Bloody Bay may refer to: Battle of Bloody Bay, a naval battle; Bloody Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Bloody Bay Poison Frog, a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae; A village and a bay in the island of Tobago by this name. A legend states that a naval battle took place in 1666.
According to early 20th-century clan historian R.C. MacLeod, William Dubh was born in about the year 1415. He was the son of the MacLeod chief Iain Borb.The Bannatyne manuscript records that Iain Borb married a granddaughter of the Earl of Douglas [1] —several 20th-century clan historians gave her name as Margaret. [2]
Alasdair Crotach MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Crotach MacLeòid) (1450 – 1547) is considered to be the 8th Chief of Clan MacLeod.He was the son of the 7th Chief of Clan MacLeod, William Dubh, and succeeded his father in 1480, following William Dubh's death at the Battle of Bloody Bay.
After a "fierce and bloody struggle", [2] the island men and their allies were defeated "with great ... which resulted in the Battle of Bloody Bay in 1480 or 1483.