Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Flight of the Earls a 1607 ya bar shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutanen Gaelic da suka rage a Ulster. A shekara ta 1608 lokacin da Sir Cahir O'Doherty ya kaddamar da tawayen O'Doherty ta hanyar kona Derry
, MacDonnell bai yi la'akari da hada karfi da shi. O'Doherty, tsohon mai biyayya ga Crown ya fusata da yadda jami'an yankin suka bi da shi. O'Doherty ya ci nasara kuma aka kashe shi a yakin Kilmacrennan kuma tawaye ya rushe. A sakamakon tawayen gwamnati ta yanke shawarar kawo wani shuka mai girma na Ulster fiye da yadda aka tsara tun asali. Wannan bai yi tasiri sosai ga MacDonnell ba kamar yadda aka cire Counties Antrim da Down daga Shuka, kamar yadda manyan mazaunan Scottish ke gudana a can.