P b ic 0 I . Cl n MacLeod u l ation s N . a . T H E MAQLEO DS E A S H O R T S KETC H O F T H E IR C LAN , - AN D H ISTO RY, FO LK LO R E , TALE S , BIOG R APH ICAL NOT IC ES O F SO M E E MIN E NT C LANS ME N. BY TH E ' R E Y. R . C . M A C L E OD OF MACLE OD . PUBLISH E D BY TH E CL AN M ACL E OD SOCIE TY , E D IN BUR GH . Land o f th e be autiful and brave ’ — ’ Th e fre e man s hom e th e martyr s grave Th e n rse r o f an m e n u y gi t , W ose e e s a n e w e e r e n h d d h ve li k d ith v y gl , An d e e r an d e e r s ream v y hill , v y t , Th e ro man ce of som e w arrior d re am n e e r m a a son o f n e v y thi , ’ te re e r his w an e r n s e s n c ne d i g t p i li , Fo rge t th e sky w hich be n t abo ve H is childh o od like a dre am o f lo ve ’ G Wh ttiea' J . i . E R R A T A . “ fifth re ad se co n d . ” - pr e sc ribe d r e ad p ro scr ib e d . ’ S ir Wal te r S co tts V isit to D ur nve gan w as ma e in 1 81 5 in th e im e o f th e d , t ” t r . C e n o to f th e X X . as s a e e e hi f , t d h ” n e 1 f o r Oubo st r e a O rbo s li d t . [5334 P R E F A C E . THIS short sketch of the History and Traditions of C a MacLe od for w c w e are t to the l n , hi h indeb ed the D f Ma L d is a ff C . o c eo e ort Rev. R. MACLEO , the initi l o f th e Socie ty to give effect to o ne of the most “ f its s — m o a o c s o co o viz. i p rt nt bje t n tituti n, The ” o c o and s a o of co s an d a io s c lle ti n pre erv ti n Re rd Tr dit n , “ an d the publication of such Literature as may promote l ” e e s s a . R e . D the int r t of the C n The v R C . MACLEO probably know s more about the Clan history than H e has s ma a any o ther man living . pent ny ye rs in a study of the subject and of the old manu scripts in a has w h c D u a C s is so c . at i h nveg n tle ri h He , the s mom a mos o m o s e w e o m pre ent ent, t v lu in u typ ritt n v lu e compile d (w hich w e hope he may se e his w ay to publish atno very distant date) and from that volume th e presentske tch has be en principally draw n ; its immediate production is mainly due to a suggestion m a c - m a AN GUS D o ne de by Vi e Ad ir l MACLEO , f th e mos s s m m s of o ur C a o t di tingui hed e ber l n . It is intende d to be follow e d by a series of publications d e a w s c s of s to MacL e ods ling ith ubje t intere t the , an d w e o w o k n ow so w w m t h pe the r , ell begun, ill ee co a a o va and s f w ith the rdi l ppr l upport o the clan. The survival of Clan fee ling and the fo unding of Clan Societies may seem strange in th e se prosaic and R F P E ACE . ‘ u a a s but is a n o ma kab tilit ri n time , it re lly very re r le h om o w n w e m m e a a H a r p en en n, he re e b r th t ighl nde never f orgets his origin nor the ancientand hono urable m s w na e w hich he bears. To tho e connected ith the C a w e s s i oo w a a —w e l n, feel ure thi l ttle b k ill ppe l believe it w ill be w el comed by Clansmen in all parts of w o and w e o e ma a so do som e i the rld , h p , it y l th ng to maintain and stre ngthe n that mystic bond w hich m n e a h binds Clans en to o not er. As the volume is published under the auspices of the Clan S ocie ty and th e superintendence o f the S e c a w ho has d o e c m to its ro ret ry, ev t d mu h ti e p c o and b to ma is o a du ti n contri uted the tter, it h ped sa o f its a s w c some w ho are not peru l p ge ill indu e , — a a m mb s to ~ o the S oc o c s oi lre dy e er , j in iety, the bje t w hich are to further the interest s of the Clan in w a ss every y po ible . No pretension is made to lite rary style ; the w riters hav e simply aimed atputting together a brief historical n a k a d tr ditional s etch . om o s so ic tcomm ca o s om C a sm The pr ter l i uni ti n fr l n en, W t a v w to b i a athome and abroad . i h ie future pu l c to s h w a e ac now e s c o ma o i n , t ey ill gr t fully k ledg u h inf r ti n as any on e may be able to give on history an d traditions o f the C a m C a sm etc . l n, e inent l n en, i n d nam o th ciet S g e in e f e So y. R C L D . MAC EO , E S on . ecy . E D IN B UR G H , 1906 . T H E M A C L E O D S . R G or O HE O I IN LE D , the undoubted progenitor of both branches of the MacL e o d a h as dis f mily, been much ute d o a for him p , s me cl iming a Nor w e ian a t g descent , others Cel ic . This , however, is hardly he place to go into the details o f a knotty an d itm av s fi point of genealogy, uf ce , therefore , o w n o a a if I express my pinion , th t the Norwegi n origi n is the correct on e — that Leo d w as a so n o f Man an d s an d Olave the Black , King of the I les, that he w as born towards th e end of the tw elfth a a M rail century . Leod m rried the d ughter of cC t Ar m uin n a as , who brought Dunveg n her dowry, and it- h as rem ained in the possession of his a s e descend nt ver since . By her Leod had two — Torm od a MacL e ods sons , the ancestor of the H rris , w MacL e ods and Torquil , the ancestor of the Le es called the Si o l (or race of) To rm od and the Siol o T rquil respectively . For something like 200 years very little is w th e a a o f kno n of history o f either br nch . E ch them about 1 340 got grants o f mainland estates 6 THE MACLEODS . C — r MacL e ods from the rown the Har is in Glenelg , th e MacL eo ds Ass n t o and Lewes in y , but b th were C a an d a Island hieft ins held their l nds in Skye , o f Harris, and the Lewes under the Lords the o f Isles , so that their history is merged in that those powerful potentates ; they were present at a o f H arl aw 1 41 1 the B ttle , , where they occupied ’ the post of honour (the right wing) of th e Islander s army ; they were present atthe Battle of the Bloody Bay in 1 480 ; an d we find their names w s occasionally, as itnes es to Charters , but , as w o f already stated , little is kno n them , and that little not of very great interest .