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Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) from the village of Dornie. It is connected to the mainland by a footbridge that was installed early in the 20th century ...
The capture of Eilean Donan was a military action of the 1719 Jacobite Rising, a Spanish-backed attempt to restore James Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. [2] It was led by British Jacobite exiles George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal, the Marquess of Tullibardine and the Earl of Seaforth, chief of Clan Mackenzie.
Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap (31 December 1861 – January 1937) was a British army officer and a senior figure of the Clan Macrae.He contested a rival claim to the chiefship of the clan, and in 1912 he purchased and subsequently restored the Macrae stronghold of Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the west of Scotland.
Loch Duich from the north-west, with Eilean Donan Castle (middle foreground), Loch Long (left foreground), Loch Alsh (right foreground), and the mountains of Glen Shiel (centre background) Loch Duich (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Dubhthaich") is a sea loch situated on the western coast of Scotland, in the Highlands.
Farquhar Macrae was the son of Christopher Macrae (d. 1615) and Isabella Murchison. He was born in 1580 in Eilean Donan Castle, where his father held the office of constable. He was sent to Perth for his education, and after five years there completed his education at the University of Edinburgh.
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Eilean Donan Castle was long held by the Mackenzies of Kintail and it may have been given to them after they helped to defeat the Norsemen at the Battle of Largs in 1263. [4]
Chamberlain of Eilean Donan Castle Dugald Roy fl. 1540s Murdoch Buidhe fl. 1530s–1570s Roderick (1st of Fernaig) died before 1600 Iain (2nd of Fernaig) fl. 17th century Also known as Iain McRuari Mhic Mhathoin Iain Og fl. 1660s Bennetsfield branch Iain Mor died 1715 Alexander (1st of Bennetsfield) chief 1715–1754 John (2nd of Bennetsfield)