- 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...
-
Gaelic drama that has not been matched. The
cowboy poet
Murchadh MacGilleathain ("Murdo
MacLean"), a
native of
Coigach in
Wester Ross, was one of many Gaels...
-
Gaelic "
Mac Gille Eathain", a
patronymic meaning "son of Gillean".
Gillean means "the
Servant of [Saint] John [the Baptist]"),
named for
Gilleathain na Tuaidh...
- and to that of the
Scottish diaspora. The
cowboy poet
Murchadh MacGilleathain ("Murdo
MacLean"), a
native of Coigach, was one of many
Gaels who emigrated...
-
Calum Iain
Maclean (Scottish Gaelic:
Calum Iain
MacGillEathain; 6
September 1915 – 17
August 1960), was a
Scottish folklorist, collector, ethnographer...
- with
mac (Gaelic for "son"), such as
MacGillEathain /
MacIllEathain (
MacLean). The
female form is nic (Gaelic for "daughter"), so
Catherine MacPhee is...
- them, is unknown. The
Gaelic names for Clan
MacLean is
MacGilleEathain
sometimes shortened to
Gilleathain or 'Illeathain.
Clann Illeathain nan Con would...
