The Clan Donald Author:Archibald Macdonald General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, ltd. Subjects: Scotland History / Europe / Great Britain Reference / Genealogy Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and th... more »ere may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. THE CLAN ALL1STKK. PER flARE?-pFB-:. JIER MACALISTER. Obscurities and Mistakes. -- The Descent. -- Alustair Mor. -- Attitude towards Bruce. -- Ranald MaeAllistcr in Ireland. -- I/iwlaiid Branches. -- Donald's Descendants in Stirlingshire and Forfarshire. -- Godfrey's Descendants in Ayrshire. -- Duncan's Descendants.- Hector's Irish Descendants. -- Charles MacAllister Stewart of Kintyre and his Descendants. -- Battle of Ardnary. -- Death of John MacAllister at Knockfergus. -- Family of Tarbert. -- Archibald MacAllister and the Campbells. -- Tutor of Loup Slain. -- Raids on Buteshire. -- Clan Allister and Dunnyveg. -- Gorrie MacAllister and his Feuds. -- Quarrel with Ardincaple. -- MacAllister of Balnakill. -- Meagre Records in 17th Century. -- At the Revolution. -- In the 18th Century. The middle and latter half of the thirteenth century witnessed the origin of a numher of clan names in the Highlands, names which, unlike Southern custom, were derived from some outstanding ancestor rather than from the soil on which the tribe took root, this feature stongly marking a fundamental distinction between Celtic and Saxon culture. The oldest of all the families that brand led oft' from the main Clan Donald stem -- the Clan Allister -- is one whose origin, history, and position are involved in much obscurity. Genealogical trees and historical accounts abound ; and were authorities estimated by their number rather than thei...« less