Donald Balloch MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall Ballach Mac Dhòmhnaill) was a Scottish-Gaelic lord who died about 1476.
Donald Balloch MacDonald was a son of John Mór Tanister and Margery Byset, daughter of MacEoin Bisset, Lord of The Glens.
Known as a military leader, at 18 years of age, Donald Balloch was chosen to lead Clan Donald in their revenge for the King's treachery and the humiliation of their chief, Alexander Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, aka Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross when he surrendered to the king at Holyrood in 1429.
[1] Thus, once more, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, had underestimated the might of Clan Donald, and the result was a complete rout and a great slaughter.
[2] Subsequently, Donald Balloch returned with his booty to the Isles and from there to his lands in Antrim in Ireland.