Archives and Bibliography

The family papers are on loan to PRONI (The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) and contain a wealth of history on the family and the estate since the early 17th Century.

Please click here to visit PRONI's website.

Further Reading

• Historical Account of the MacDonnells of Antrim by Rev. George Hill
• Civil War and Restoration in the Three Stuart Kingdoms: The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim by Jane H. Ohlmeyer
• A History of Dunluce by Hector McDonnell
• Fire and Swords: Sorley Boy MacDonnell and the Rise of Clan Ian Mor 1538-90 by J Michael Hill
• The Wild Geese of the Antrim MacDonnells by Hector McDonnell
• The Lords of the Isles by Raymond Campbell Paterson
• Ulster and the Isles in the Fifteenth Century: The Lordship of Clann Domhnaill of Antrim by Simon Kingston