Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí [SEP] noble family
Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí
Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí (died October 1346) was an eminent Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Ruaidhrí. Raghnall's father, Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí, appears to have been slain in 1318, at a time when Raghnall may have been under age. Ruaidhrí himself appears to have faced resistance over the Clann Ruaidhrí lordship from his sister, Cairistíona, wife of Donnchadh, a member of the comital family of Mar. Following Ruaidhrí's demise, there is evidence indicating that Cairistíona and her powerful confederates also posed a threat to
of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass commanders in the Middle Ages, and are last recorded acting as such in the fourteenth century. A family bearing forms of the name produced herenachs for the parish of Ballynascreen.
People.
People mac Ruaidhrí.
- Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí (died ×1296)
- Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí (died 1268)
People Mac Ruaidhrí.
- Lachlann Mac Ruaidhrí (fl. 1297–1307/1308)
- Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí (died 1346)
- Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí (died 1318?)