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Duart Castle,or Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic,is a castle on the Isle of Mull,beside the Sound of Mull off the west coast of Scotland,within the council area of Argyll and Bute. The castle dates back to the 13th century and is the seat of Clan MacLean. One source states that the castle was "brought back from ruin in 1911".
Sir Hector Og Maclean (1583–1623),or Eachann Óg Maclean in Scottish Gaelic,was the 15th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean in Scotland.
Sir Hector Maclean,2nd Baronet of Morvern was the 18th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1649 to 1651. He died without leaving a son as an heir.
Lachlan Bronnach MacLean,was the 7th Chief of Clan MacLean.
Gillean of the Battle Axe,or Gilleain na Tuaighe in Scottish Gaelic,was the eponymous ancestor of Clan Maclean and Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie. He is considered the 1st chief of Clan Maclean.
Malcolm Maclean or Maolcaluim mac Giliosa in Scottish Gaelic,was the 3rd Chief of Clan Maclean. Malcolm's name has been written Maol-Calum and Gille-Calum,which means Servant of Columba. He became the Chief of Clan Maclean on the death of his father in 1300. He was succeeded by John Dubh Maclean,4th Clan Chief,his youngest son. Though the eldest son inherited in many clans by then (including Robert Bruce,the eldest of four sons of Robert Bruce VI. who became King of Scots,and Alexander Og Macdonald,his father's eldest son who became Lord of the Isles on the death of Angus Mor Macdonald,it was a time of transition concerning the law of primogeniture. He died around 1320.
John Dubh Maclean,or Iain Dubh mac Gilliemore in Scottish Gaelic,or John Maclean the Black was the 4th Chief of Clan MacLean.
Lachlan Lùbanach Maclean,5th Chief was Chief of Clan Maclean. He was the first Maclean to occupy Castle Duart as the 1st Laird of Duart. His brother,Hector Reaganach Maclean was the progenitor of the Lochbuie Macleans usually MacLaines.
Hector Odhar Maclean (?–1496),or Eachann Odhar Maclean in Scottish Gaelic,or Hector Maclean the Swarthy,was the 9th Chief of Maclean. He succeeded his father Lachlan Og Maclean upon his death c. 1472. He died in 1496.
Lachlan Maclean or Lauchlane Makgilleon of Doward was the tenth Clan Chief of Clan MacLean. He became the 10th Chief at the death of his father in 1496.
Lachlan Catanach Maclean was the 11th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from 1515 until his murder in 1523.
Eachann Mór Maclean (1497–1568) or Hector Mor Maclean,or Hector Maclean the Great,was the 12th Chief of Maclean. Mór or Mor translates as great when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic. He was the 8th laird of Duart Castle.
Hector Og Maclean,or Eachann Óg Maclean in Scottish Gaelic,or Hector Maclean the Younger was the 13th Chief of Clan MacLean. At the death of his father,Hector Mor Maclean,12th Chief,he became clan chief but lived only five years longer than his father.
Sir Lachlan Mór Maclean or Big Lachlan Maclean,was the 14th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from late 1573 or early 1574 until 1598. Mór or Mor translates as big in English,or magnus in Latin,when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic.
Lachlan Og MacLean,1st Laird of Torloisk was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean and the first Laird of Torloisk.
Hector Maclean,4th Laird of Coll was the son of John Abrach Maclean,2nd Laird of Coll,and had a brother,John Maclean,3rd Laird of Coll.
John Garbh Maclean,was the 1st Laird of Coll as an independent unit.
John Dubh MacLean,1st Laird of Morvern was the progenitor of the Macleans of Kinlochaine,Drimnin,and Pennycross. Dubh means black in Scottish Gaelic.
Sir James MacDonald,9th of Dunnyveg,was the last chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg or Clan Donald South. He was most often known as James M'Connall from the Gaelic pronunciation of the name Mac Dhòmhnaill, the modern Macdonald spelling being the anglicization of the name.
The Battle of Benbigrie took place on Isle of Islay in 1598 between the forces of Hector Og Maclean,15th Chief and Sir James MacDonald,9th of Dunnyveg.
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This article incorporates text fromA history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duard Castle,in the Isle of Mull,to the present period:including a genealogical account of some of the principal families together with their heraldry,legends,superstitions,etc,by John Patterson MacLean,a publication from 1889,now in the public domain in the United States.
- 1 2 3 4 MacLean, John Patterson (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, Etc. R. Clarke & Company. p. 40.
- ↑ Natasha Sumner and Aidan Doyle (2020), North American Gaels: Speech, Song, and Story in the Diaspora, McGill-Queen's University Press. Pages 14-16.