‘The O’Connors, the MacDonalds and Franco-Scottish politics, c. 1540-60’: DunNETt lecture livestream

27th September 202514th September 2026

DunNETt Lecture 3

‘The O’Connors, the MacDonalds and Franco-Scottish politics, c. 1540-60’ by Dr David Heffernan was lecture 3 in our programme of online talks.

The talk is available on YouTube and in our Library.

Dr Heffernan is a historian of Tudor and Stuart Ireland. He has published numerous books and many articles, including work exploring the intersections between the politics of Ireland, England and Scotland in the middle of the sixteenth century, events which significantly informed Dorothy Dunnett’s work in Queens’ Play.