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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.
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 ...
Clachan Duich Highland Church in ruins and burial ground of Clan Macrae Great War Highlands Monument Clan Macrae Sgùrr Fhuaran seen from Sgùrr na Ciste Dhuibhe. The Macraes are known to have been constant supporters of the Clan Mackenzie in recorded times; in 1520, and for many years onwards, they were constables of Eilean Donan Castle. [8]
Roll of Honour of Clan MacRae's dead of World War I at Eilean Donan castle in Scotland. "In Flanders Fields" features prominently. In May 2015, a statue of McCrae by Ruth Abernathy was erected on Green Island (Rideau River) in Ottawa, Ontario. McCrae is dressed as an artillery officer and his medical bag nearby, as he writes.
It is supposed that the Murchisons were long governors of Eilean Donan Castle. [1] In 1563 a dispute arose between the Macraes and the MacLennans over who should hold the honorable post of constable of the castle, and the Mackenzie laird ultimately gave it to the priest John MacMhurchaidh Duhibh (Murchison). [ 3 ]
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[8] [9] The chiefs of the Clan Mackenzie are said to have been settled at their great stronghold on Eilean Donan by 1297. [7] All of the earliest traditional Clan Mackenzie histories claim descent from a Fitzgerald progenitor.
Original - Eilean Donan castle, seen at dusk from the west. Reason Quality picture (FP on Commons), good illustration of the subject and its environment. Articles in which this image appears Eilean Donan, List of islands of Scotland Creator Eusebius. Support as nominator--Eusebius 11:30, 28 February 2010 (UTC)