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According to family legend, the family of Buchannan was descended from an Irish noble, Anselan O’Kyan or Ó Catháin, who was said to have settled in Alba in the late eleventh century, being granted land in the Lennox by Malcolm III. Around 1225, another Anselan was Seneschal (steward) to the Earl of ..
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There are several theories concerning the origin of Clan
Cameron. The old family legend states that they are descended from a younger
son of a Danish king or prince called Camchron, however, no such king ever
existed. The less prestigious theory is that the name comes from the gaelic
cam-shròn, ..
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For most of Scottish history the Campbells have dominated
the West Highlands and Isles of Scotland. In the middle ages they claimed
descent from no less than King Arthur and their inheritance included the right
of ‘leadership of the Britons’. Whether this is true is open to debate. What is
clear..
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There are two Fraser clans, one Lowland and one Highland.
They share the same origins, and between them have spawned many Fraser branches
throughout Scotland, and hence all around the world. The Frasers originated
from Anjou in France, and the name derives from either Fredarius, Fresel or
Fresea..
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The Gordons are one of the great families of the north east,
although they began their Scottish story in the Borders. The first certain record of a Gordon is
during the reign of William the Lion. Richard of Gordon appears in numerous
charters between 1182 and 1232, the dominus (‘lord’) of t..
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There are several possible Gaelic origins for this name, but
the most likely appears to be 'bheathain', meaning 'lively one'. According to
tradition, the ancestor of the Macbains, a noble scion of the royal house of
Macbeth, sought out his kin among the descendants of Gillichattan Mor, more
comm..
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The Lordship of the Isles dominated the Western Isles of Scotland during the middle ages. Emerging from the fusion of Gaelic and Viking cultures under Somerled, the Lords of the Isles descended from Somerled (d.1164). They utilised the iconic Birlinn, an adaptation of the old Viking Longships, altho..
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This name derives from
the Gaelic 'Macaonghuis', meaning ‘son of Angus’. The earliest reference to the
sons of Angus is given in the seventh-century chronicle, Senchus Fer n'Alban
(History of the Men of Scotland). The kindred of Angus are said to have
possessed Islay, later to be the seat of the..
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This name is rendered in Gaelic as 'Maccoinneach', meaning
'son of the bright one'. The Mackenzies are believed to descend from Gillean of
the Aird, the twelfth-century ancestor of the earls of Ross. By 1267 the clan
were settled at Eilean Donan, the great castle at Loch Duich. By the beginning
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Lochlainn was the name of the senior branch of the Ui'neill
descendants of the King Niall of the Nine Hostages in Tirconnell, one of the
old kingdoms of Ireland. Until 1241 the MacLochlainns were virtual rulers of
Ulster, until they suffered defeat at the hands of King Brian O'Neill. The name
wa..
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Leod was the younger son of Olaf the Black, one of the last
Norse kings of Man and the North Isles. Olaf died around 1237, and Leod
inherited the islands of Lewis and Harris, with part of Skye. Marriage to the
daughter of the Norse seneschal or steward of Skye brought the family to
Dunvegan, whi..
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