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Battle of Drumchatt — The Battle of Drumchatt was a Scottish clan battle that took place in the year 1497. It was fought between the Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh against the Clan MacKenzie and the Clan Munro. Background During the 1490s in the Scottish Highlands the… … Wikipedia
George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth — (d.1651), was a Highland clan chief and Scottish nobleman, who played an equivocating role in Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. OriginsMackenzie was the son of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail (died 1611), and Isobel,… … Wikipedia
Hector Roy Mackenzie — of Gairloch (died 1528) was a prominent member of the Mackenzie clan, who acquired vast estates in and around Gairloch as a result of his services to the Scottish crown and challenged his nephew for the chiefship of the clan.OriginsHector was the … Wikipedia
Glenshiel — GLENSHIEL, a parish, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 16 miles (S. E.) from Balmacara, in Lochalsh; containing 745 inhabitants. The derivation of the name of Glenshiel is involved in obscurity, the original word being equally applicable to… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland