Alasdair Mac Colla

Alasdair Mac Colla was an actor and military officer (1610–1647). He was born at Colonsay and died at Knocknanuss.

Also recorded as Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich MacDhòmhnaill; Sir Alexander MacDonald.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich MacDhòmhnaill and Sir Alexander MacDonald.

He was the child of Col Ciotach.

Holdings and surviving copies

Alasdair Mac Colla McDonnell and the Battle of Knocknanuss (2012) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library. Alasdair Mac Colla : sain-eolus ar aġníoṁarṫaiḃ gaisge (1914) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Alasdair Mac Colla may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Alasdair Mac Colla is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1387945.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Open Library.

Alasdair Mac Colla (1914) — Open Library. Alasdair Mac Colla : sain-eolus ar aġníoṁarṫaiḃ gaisge (1914) — Open Library. Alasdair Mac Colla McDonnell and the Battle of Knocknanuss (2012) — Open Library.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 22 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1610Alasdair Mac Colla born at Colonsay.
  2. 1610Alasdair Mac Colla was born in 1610 at Colonsay.
  3. 1647Alasdair Mac Colla died at Knocknanuss.
  4. 1647Alasdair Mac Colla died in 1647 at Knocknanuss.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library, catalogue records for “Alasdair Mac Colla”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Alasdair Mac Colla.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1387945: Alasdair Mac Colla

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  4. 4.

    “Alasdair Mac Colla”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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