The brothers left him and took refuge in the Isles. A dispute having arisen with the Lord of Lorn, Latter fought under Bruce at Bannockburn. Have been sons of Gilliemore, for we find John afterwards designated Macgilliemore. Three brothers, John, NIgel, and Dofuall, termed Macgillean of filii Gilean, who appear to In the reign of Robert the Bruce mention is made of As the county of Perth at that period included Lorn, it is probable that Gilliemore Macilean described as del Counte de Perth, among those who swore fealty toĮdward I in 1296. The first of the name on record, Gillean, lived in the reign of Alexander III (1249-1286),Īnd fought against the Norsemen at the battle of Largs. Unlikely that Glen Urquhart was their original residence, as that district is said to haveīeen in the possession of the Macleans when the Bissets came in'. Were one of those clans transplanted from North Moray by Malcolm IV, and it is not As their oldest seat was thus inĪrgyle, while they are unquestionably a part of the tribe of Moray, we may infer that they Subjection to the Lords of the Lorn and their situation being thus between the CameronsĪnd Macnachtans, who were undisputed branches of the Moray tribe, there can be littleĭoubt that the Macleans belonged to that tribe also. Of thisĬlan the oldest seat seems to have been the district of Lorn, as they first appear in Whom the clans belonging to the great Moray tribe are brought by the MS of 1450. Sennachies of the family, concur in deriving the clan Gille-eon from the same race from Of the Macleans, of which one is the production of the Beatons, who were hereditary According to Mr Skene, theyĪppear originally to have belonged to Moray. The Macleans have been located in Mull since the 14th century. As to which of theseĪccount of the origin of the clan is correct, we shall no pretend to decide. Sennachie', the clan is traced up to Fergus I of Scotland, and from him back to anĪonghus Turmhi Teamhrach, 'an ancient monarch of Ireland'. According to a history of the clan Maclean published in 1838 by 'a Which he wielded that weapoin in battle, and his descendants bear a battle-axe in theirĬrest. Gillean with the axe, from the dexterous manner in Servant or follower of John, who lived so early as the beginning of the 5th century. To Celtic tradition, was one Gillean or Gill-eoin, a name signifying the young man, or the

Principal officer under William the Conqueror'. Other English historians derive the genealogy of the Fitzgeralds from Seignior Giralde, a Is of Norman or Italian origin, descended from the Fitzgeralds of Ireland. Origin of the clan has been much disputed according to Buchanan and other authorities it Clan Gillean of the Macleans is a clan included by Mr Skene under the head of Moray.

Clann macclean