Battle of Bloody Bay

Battle of Bloody Bay
Part of Clan MacDonald internal conflicts
Bloody Bay
Date c. 1480 or 1483 Location North end of the Sound of Mull, Scotland grid reference NM4858 56°39′N 6°7′W / 56.650°N 6.117°W / 56.650; -6.117 Result Victory for Angus Òg
Belligerents
Clan MacDonald Clan Maclean Clan MacNeil Clan MacLeod	Clan Macdonald of Clanranald Clan Macdonald of Sleat Clan MacDonald of Keppoch Clan MacLeod of Lewis
Commanders and leaders
John of Islay (Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald)	Angus Òg (son of John of Islay)
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Bloody Bay, or Blàr Bàgh na Fala in Scottish Gaelic, was a naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland. It was fought on the coast of Mull 2 miles (3 kilometres) north of Tobermory, between John MacDonald of Islay, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Og Macdonald. The precise date of the battle varies in sources, from 1480 to 1483.^[1] After the battle, in which Angus Og Macdonald emerged victorious, the latter seized power from his father, and held it for the rest of the decade. However, Angus's victory would prove pyrrhic. Many clansmen had died in the battle and nearly half the clan's fleet had been sunk, as a result of which the power of the Lords of the Isles was henceforth greatly diminished. Angus, last of the independent Lords of the Isles, would himself be murdered in 1490.