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from whose hands it passed into the possession of the
ll1‘Donalds of tl1e ‘Isles, and to their descendantsi it he‘
longs at this day. The M‘VVillies, now generally called
M‘Quillans, were the descendants of tlie De l3urgos,,a
nohle.En.glish family, who were once lords of that part of
thelcounty of Antrim usually denqmiiiated the Rout.
In I-Iamilton’s Letters is a tolerably perfect account of
the unfortunate family of the M‘Quillans, from the first
moment of their intercourse with the M‘Donalds. The
following is nearly the same; whatever variations occur
in thenarrative, rest upon the authority of a MS. in. the
possession of the Countess of Antrim, from which her
Ladyship permitted ‘these and many other little extracts
in this volumelto be made. i i l
About the year 1580,, Colonel M‘Donald, brother to
James, Lord of Cantyre, came into Irelandt with a band
of men, to assist Tyrconnell against the great O'Neill,
with whom he was then at war. In passing through the
Rout, he was hospitably received and entertained by
Ill‘Quillan, the lord and master of the Rout and Kilconery.
At that time, there was a war between M‘Quillan and
the men of Killiteragh, beyond the Bann; the custom of 2
the people was to rob from every one, and the strongest
party carried it, be he right or wrong. i
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