A window into the ancestors of anyone of Scot-Irish descent

Clans and Castles is the first book in the Checkmate Series

In 1608, William Neely left Wigtownshire, Scotland for Ulster. He was looking for his place in the world but what he found was the adventure of a lifetime.

Surrounded by powerful clans that had ruled Ulster for more than a thousand years, he came to know some of the most mighty chieftains of the time, including the formidable Cahir O'Doherty, who launched O'Doherty's Rebellion with the burning of Derry and the killing of Sir George Paulet of His Majesty King...