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The founder of Clan Donald of Dunnyveg and the Glens was Eòin Mòr Tànaiste Mac Dhòmhnaill who was the second son of John MacDonald also known as Good John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, 6th chief of Clan Donald and 1st Lord of the Isles through his marriage to Margaret Stewart.
Below is a list of glens in Scotland. In Scotland, valleys are known as "glens". In Scotland, valleys are known as "glens". In total, the country has over 40 glens with rich history, with some of the glens in Scotland historically being ruled by warlike clans who defended the territory from invasion.
Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald or Clan McDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈt̪õː.ɪʎ]), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants ...
Clan tartan. Illustration by R. R. McIan from James Logan's The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845. Ranald died in 1705 and was succeeded by his son, Alastair Dubh MacDonell, 1st of Titular, Lord MacDonald, and 11th of Glengarry, known as "one of the most distinguished warriors of his day in the Highlands."
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich [2]) is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands.It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water loch off Loch Linnhe).
In 1860, Lord Abercorn transferred the lease to Lord Henry Bentinck, another stalking enthusiast, who lived there until his death in 1870. [2] Sir John Ramsden purchased the Ardverikie and Benalder forests in 1871 for £107,500 (equivalent to £12,643,155 in 2023). In 1873, the house was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt from 1874 to 1878.
This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet or settlement, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The area encompassed by the Highland council is smaller than that encompassed by the Scottish Highlands. For the Scottish Gaelic equivalents of the place names in this list, see the appropriate section at List of Scottish Gaelic place names
Comrie lies within the registration county of Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) and the Perth and Kinross local council area.The name Comrie derives from the original Gaelic name con-ruith or comh-ruith (from con/comh 'together', and ruith "to run", "running") translating literally as "running together", but more accurately as "flowing together" or "the place where rivers meet".