[3] After they fought for Prince Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rising of 1745, the two sons of the Tacksman were sold into indentured servitude in the Carolinas as punishment for having taken part in the rebellion.

Allan MacDonald of Eriskay and Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill of Nova Scotia, who are both very important figures in Scottish Gaelic literature, were very near relatives.

Allan MacDonald and Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill, "may rightfully be regarded as the foremost Keppoch bards of the nineteenth century.

"[5] In his poem Sliochd an Taighe, which was composed in Canadian Gaelic upon the Ridge of Mabou, Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill praised the warrior history of his Bohuntine ancestors.

He related the courage and leadership shown upon the battlefield by Iain Dubh MacDhòmhnaill, by his descendants against Clan MacIntosh at the Battle of Mulroy, and as supporters of the House of Stuart during the English Civil War and the Jacobite risings.