- MacGillonie
MacGillonie or MacGill'Eoinidh, according to MacIntosh was a famous hunter in the
Grampian Mountains ,Scotland and several vestiges of his huts were be seen in the mountains ofAtholl in1785 . The MacGillonies belonged toClan Cameron , but were originally allied to the MacLeans.An old proverb states::"Is mairg don sguaban-stòthaidh bò mhaol odhar MhicGhill'Eoinidh":(Pity the one whose store is the hornless brown cow of MacGillonie)
MacGillonie's "brown cow" was the wild mountain doe.
References
Dwelly (MacGill'Eoinidh, sguaban-stòthaidh)
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