- Iain
mac Ailein, or John
MacLean (8 Jan 1787, Caolas, Tiree – 26 Jan 1848,
Addington Forks,
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia) was a poet and
highly important...
-
designated as The
Captain of
Clanranald and "Son of
Ailein's son" (Scottish Gaelic:
Mac Mhic
Ailein) and
today both the
chief and clan are
recognised by...
- the Nova
Scotia branch of the Free
Church of Scotland, the poet Iain
mac Ailein, a
highly important figure in both
Scottish Gaelic literature and in that...
- the
fiddle and
bagpipe repertoire.
Ronald MacDonald of
Morar (1662–1741),
known in
Gaelic as
Raghnall MacAilein Òig, was an
aristocratic wire-strung clarsach...
-
Roderick MacAlan,
Roderick Macruari, Ruaidrí
Mac Ruaidrí, Ruaidrí
MacRuaidrí,
Ruairi mac Allan,
Ruairi MacRuairi,
Ruairi Macruarie,
Ruairidh mac Ailein, Ruari...
- all of
these have male and
female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all
Mac-
names become Nic- if the
person is female. Some of the
Scottish Gaelic surnames...
-
trees known as The Dark Mile, or Mìle
Dorcha in Gaelic. Ewen "Eoghainn
MacAilein" Cameron, XIII
Chief of Clan Cameron,
enlarged the
highly disputed Tor...
- Somerled. Furthermore,
Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair's
paternal great-great-grandfather,
Raghnall Mac Ailein 'ic Iain (Ranald
MacDonald of Benbecula), the...
- 1234,
leaving three daughters and an
illegitimate son,
Thomas (Tomás
mac Ailein).
Alexander II of Scotland, Galloway's suzerain,
planned to
divide Galloway...
-
Campbell jury in the
Campbell stronghold of
Inveraray presided over by
MacAilein Mòr himself, and,
perhaps not surprisingly, was
convicted and
hanged on...
