Family
By his first wife, Mary, daughter of Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone, their children were:
- Alaster MacDonnell, Killed in battle in 1585
- Donnell MacDonnell
- James MacDonnell, Died on 13 April 1601 at Dunluce Castle
- Randal MacDonnell Earl of Antrim d. 10 December 1636
- Angus MacDonnell
- Ludar MacDonnell
- unknown daughter married a chief of Clan Macnaghten
- unknown daughter married a chief of Clan McQuillan
- unknown daughter married Cormack O'Neill
- unknown daughter married Magennis, Lord of Iveagh
- unknown daughter married Shane O'Neill of Clandeboye
In 1588, when he was past the age of eighty years, his second wife, was a daughter of Turlough Luineach O'Neill, a kinswoman of his first wife.
Two of his five daughters married members of the O'Neill family. By his first marriage Sorley Boy had several sons (known as the MacSorleys): two were killed, and Randal, who was created earl of Antrim, is the ancestor of the present holder of that title. It was to Randal that King James I renewed the grants of the Route and the Glynns.
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