Editing North Uist (section)

====Old Blue-eyes====

[[File:Battle of Cairninis - geograph.org.uk - 1341853.jpg|thumb|left|The Battlefield at Carinish{{refn|thumb|the modern walkway bridges a militarily significant ditch}}]]
In 1594, as an opponent of [[The Reformation]], Donald Gorm Mor{{refn|group="note"|''Mor'' is Gaelic for "the elder"}} – Donald Gormson's grandson – sent troops to [[Gaelic Ireland]] to assist [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone|Aodh Mór Ó Néill]] and [[Red Hugh O'Donnell]] during the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Rising of the Northern Clans]] against [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I of England]]. In 1596, concerned by this, and similar action by other [[Scottish clan chief]]s, King [[James VI of Scotland]] (Elizabeth's heir) demanded that highland leaders send well-armed men, as well as attending themselves, to meet him at [[Dumbarton]] on 1 August. Donald Gorm Mor obeyed the summons, and was consequently pardoned for previous offences, and granted a charter which acknowledged him as rightful heir of Hugh of Sleat, and confirmed him as laird of Sleat and North Uist.

In an attempt to solidify peaceful relations with the Siol Tormoid, Donald Gorm Mor married the daughter of the then Siol Tormoid leader, [[Roderick Macleod of Macleod|Rory Mor]]. Unfortunately, the marriage failed catastrophically, leading to the [[War of the One-Eyed Woman]]. A series of initial skirmishes led to the [[Battle of Carinish]] in North Uist, the last battle in Scotland that involved bows and arrows. It led to the [[Battle of Coire Na Creiche]], where Donald Gorm Mor won a more decisive victory, at which point the [[privy council]] intervened, and imposed a lasting peace. Donald was succeeded by his nephew, Donald Gorm Og{{refn|group="note"|''Og'' is Gaelic for "the younger"}}, whose loyalty to the king resulted in him being made the first [[Baron Macdonald#Macdonald baronets, of Sleat (1625)|Baronet of Sleat]]{{refn|group="note"|Despite the Baronetcy referring to Sleat, in Scotland, it was created in the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706)|peerage of Nova Scotia]], rather than of Scotland, as an attempt to encourage colonial development of [[Nova Scotia]]}}.