HILL, Rev. George. An Historical Account of the MacDonnells of Antrim: including Notices of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish. Introduction by E.R.R. Green.

Ballycastle: Impact Amergin, 1978. Second edition. Quarto. pp. [vii], [2], ii, [1], 510. Green cloth, titled in gilt. A very good copy.
This is a comprehensive history of the MacDonnells of Antrim tracing their descent from the Scottish clan of Argyle, whose chief was known as ‘Lord of the Isles’, until the year 1873, when this book was first published. They came to Ireland in the thirteenth century as Galloglass - Gall óglaigh meaning foreign warrior, and established themselves with the most powerful chieftains in the North and West of Ireland. By the fifteenth century they were firmly established in the Glens of Antrim having displaced the MacQuillans, Lords of the Route. “Clan Donald with him in full numbers. As oaks that overtop the oakwoods; Of Ireland’s warriors and Isla’s mercenaries Men they are, strenuous, excelling” - Tadhg Dall O hUiginn - c.1588

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