Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Alasdair Mac Colla

Scottish knight, 1610 to 1647

Alasdair Mac Colla is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1644 and 1647: 8 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (7), Ireland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,145 km apart end to end, 164 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Three Kingdoms (7), Irish Confederate Wars (1).

Battle of AberdeenBattle of LagganmoreBattle of Rhunahaorine MossBattle of TippermuirBattle of InverlochyBattle of AuldearnBattle of KilsythBattle of KnocknanussBattle of TippermuirBattle of InverlochyBattle of AuldearnBattle of KilsythBattle of KnocknanussDublinGlasgowBirminghamManchesterBelfastLeedsNewcastleLiverpoolLimerickNottingham200 km55.048N, 4.998W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1644: 2 engagements1645: 3 engagements3 in 16451646: 1 engagements1647: 2 engagements16441647
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tippermuir, 1644Battle of Aberdeen, 1644Battle of Inverlochy, 1645Battle of Auldearn, 1645Battle of Kilsyth, 1645Battle of Lagganmore, 1646Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, 1647Battle of Knocknanuss, 164716441647
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 September 1644Battle of TippermuirPerth, United KingdomRoyalist victory
13 September 1644Battle of AberdeenAberdeen, United Kingdom120 km NERoyalist/Irish victory
2 February 1645Battle of InverlochyInverlochy Castle, United Kingdom183 km WRoyalist/Irish victory
9 May 1645Battle of AuldearnAuldearn, United Kingdom113 km NERoyalist/Irish Victory
15 August 1645Battle of KilsythKilsyth, United Kingdom177 km SRoyalist/Irish Victory
1646Battle of LagganmoreScotland, United Kingdom98 km NWRoyalist/Irish victory
24 May 1647Battle of Rhunahaorine MossKintyre, United Kingdom73 km SCovenanter victory
13 November 1647Battle of KnocknanussIreland380 km SWParliamentarian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.