 He married Mary MacDonald of Sanda; those MacDonalds, another cadet branch of the Macdonalds of Dunnyveg, were also caught up in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and lost their position as a result of the Dunaverty Massacre.His son, Alasdair Mac Colla, was heavily involved in the wars, fighting both in Ireland and in Scotland.From his marriage with Mary MacDonald of Sanda, they had issue