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joseph cheng Joseph Cheng, 2006–2008 |
leung Jessica Leung Ka-sin, 2020–present |
mandy;mandy tam Mandy Tam, 2006–2008 |
amy;yung Amy Yung Wing-sheung, 2008–2011 |
wong Tommy Wong Wai-ming, 2011–2012 |
janos;choy Janos Choy Kai-sing, 2012–present |
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larach;cloonlara;county clare;clonlara;cluain Clonlara, officially Cloonlara (from Irish: Cluain Larach), is a village in County Clare, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name. |
killaloe;the clare;ardnacrusha;kiltenanlea;county clare;limerick;gaa;clonlara;river shannon;truagh;tulla lower;tulla Clonlara is in the east of County Clare in the civil parish of Kiltonanlea or Doonass, barony of Tulla Lower. It lies between the River Shannon to the east and the Clare hills to the west and north. Clonlara village is on the road between Killaloe and Limerick. In 1841 there were 219 people in 31 houses. The village lies beside the head-race canal that deliver water to power the Ardnacrusha power plant a few kilometres to the southwest.Clonlara has a GAA club and an equestrian centre.The village is part of Clonlara (Doonas and Truagh) parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe, and the Church of Ireland parish of Kiltenanlea. The parish has two churches: Mary, the Mother of God (Truagh) and St Senan's (Clonlara), both Roman Catholic. Kiltenanlea's Protestant Church (Church of Ireland) is no longer a functioning parish Church, but is used for weddings and seasonal carol services. |
dala;marcus horan;teachta dala;o'sullivan;honan;teachta;limerick;jan o'sullivan;horan;darach honan;darach;colm Irish rugby union player Marcus Horan and Irish hurlers Colm and Darach Honan are from the village as is Jan O'Sullivan (nee Gale), Labour Party Teachta Dala (TD) for Limerick City. |
clonlara Clonlara affair |
killaloe;taoiseach;jehovah's witnesses;clonlara;jehovah's In 1956 in Clonlara, a group beat up two Jehovah's Witnesses and burnt the literature which the two had been trying to distribute. Taoiseach John A. Costello "responded to a protest from Bishop Joseph Rodgers of Killaloe by writing that he appreciated the just indignation aroused among the clergy and the people by the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses.'" |
charente;clain;la clouere;clouere;aslonnes;vienne;chateau-larcher;lessac;ipa The Clouere (French: la Clouere, IPA: [la kluɛʁ]) is a river that flows 76.3 km (47.4 mi) through the west-central French departments of Charente and Vienne. Its source is at Lessac, from which it flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Clain, into which it flows between Chateau-Larcher and Aslonnes. |
clouere Th Clouere flows through these communes, listed from source to mouth: |
lessac;charente Charente: Lessac |
brion;gencay;aslonnes;saint-secondin;vienne;availles-limouzine;chateau-larcher;usson-du-poitou;saint-maurice-la-clouere;saint-martin-l'ars;pressac;marnay Vienne: Availles-Limouzine, Pressac, Saint-Martin-l'Ars, Usson-du-Poitou, Saint-Secondin, Brion, Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere, Gencay, Marnay, Chateau-Larcher, Aslonnes |
coatascorn;brittany;cotes-d'armor Coatascorn (French pronunciation: [kwataskɔʁn] (listen); Breton: Koadaskorn) is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. |
toponymy Toponymy |
coatascorn;koad The name Coatascorn is typically Breton, "koad" meaning "wood" and "ascorn" meaning "bone". |
coatascorn Inhabitants of Coatascorn are called Coatascornais in French. |
breton language Breton language |
ya d'ar;brezhoneg;ya d'ar brezhoneg;d'ar The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 7 July 2006. |
cotes-d'armor Communes of the Cotes-d'Armor department |
cognin;auvergne-rhone-alpes;savoie Cognin is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in south-eastern France. |
hyeres The river Hyeres forms the commune's western border. |
savoie Communes of the Savoie department |
alcorcon;natacion Club de Natacion Alcorcon was a Spanish swimming and water polo club from Alcorcon, Madrid founded in 1989. Its women's team won both the national championship and the national cup, and it took part in the European Cup, reaching the quarter-finals in 2010. Later that year the club collapsed financially and it was excluded from competition. A new club was subsequently created, CN Ciudad de Alcorcon. |
la reina;reina Copa de la Reina (2) |
clavocerithium;clavocerithium taeniatum;taeniatum Clavocerithium taeniatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. |
cliffwood;schoolhouse;cliffwood hall;harold allan schoolhouse;maine Cliffwood Hall, formerly Clifton Town Hall, is a historic municipal and social meeting hall at 15 Rebel Hill Road in Clifton, Maine. Built in 1892, it was for nearly 90 years the town's town hall, and one of its principal social meeting venues. It is now home to the Clifton Historical Society's museum collection and is known as the Clifton Town Hall Museum. The Society also operates the Harold Allan Schoolhouse. |
cliffwood;schoolhouse;cliffwood hall;harold allan schoolhouse;maine Cliffwood Hall is located on the southwest side of Rebel Hill Road (Maine State Route 180), a short way south of its junction with Maine State Route 9. It stands next to the Harold Allan Schoolhouse, also owned by the local historical society. The hall is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, granite foundation, and modest Italianate styling. The front facade is symmetrical, with a central double door sheltered by a bracketed shelf, and single sash windows on either side. Above the doors are a pair of tall sash windows, flanked on the side bays by single tall windows, and there are a pair of normal-height sash windows in the attic level. The windows are all topped by projecting cornices. The downstairs of the interior has an entry vestibule, kitchen, and main hall, the latter now housing museum exhibits that include the old town hearse. The upstairs of the hall is unfinished except for its pine floor.The hall was built in 1892 by a group of local residents as a venue for social and cultural events. It was purchased in 1899 by the town, and was used until 1899 as its town hall, housing town offices and hosting town meetings and a polling place. The building was turned over to the Clifton Historical Society in 1999, and has house its museum there since then. |
penobscot;maine National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine |
cjwf;blackburn;leamington;cjwf-fm;blackburn radio;windsor's CJWF-FM, branded as Windsor's Country 95.9 & 92.7, is a Windsor, Ontario radio station. owned and operated by Blackburn Radio. CJWF broadcasts a country format at 95.9 FM, with limited simulcasting in Leamington, Ontario at 92.7FM. |
windsor's Windsor's FM/Country 95-9 |
cjwf;rhythmic adult contemporary;paisley;welcome to the future;brad paisley;windsor's CJWF was licensed on May 9, 2008. The station began test broadcasts on the night of September 22, 2009 in the wake of 106.7 The Fox flipping from country to rhythmic adult contemporary, along with appeals for the reporting of technical problems with reception. The station officially launched on the morning of November 16, 2009 at 8am as Windsor's FM 95.9. The first song played was "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley. |
blackburn;blackburn radio;cjwf;windsor's On July 31, 2012, at 5am, after a mass budget cut at Blackburn Radio, sister station 92.7 Max-FM dropped its variety hits format and began simulcasting with CJWF as Windsor's Country 95.9 & 92.7. |
cjwf;cimx-fm;cfco As such, CJWF is one of three stations (the others being CFCO and CIMX-FM) heard in Detroit that plays Canadian country that is not played by stations in the United States. |
windsor's Windsor's Country 95.9 & 92.7 |
cjwf-fm CJWF-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation |
cjwf-fm;rec CJWF-FM in the REC Canadian station database |
cjsp-fm;rec CJSP-FM in the REC Canadian station database |
quincy school;coddington school;charles brigham;quincy college;coddington The Coddington School is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city. It was designed in late 1907 by Charles A. Brigham, who is not to be confused with the better known and similarly-named Charles Brigham. It was used from the 1960s to the 2000s as part of Quincy Junior College (now Quincy College), and is now the headquarters of the Quincy School Department, as well as other municipal departments. |
newtown;campbelltown;col casey;woy;wyong;woy woy;newtown jets Col Casey was a Newtown junior, who came through the ranks to play for the Newtown Jets for nine seasons, and became the Newtown club captain in the late 1970s. Col Casey was a tough forward, who was a favourite of all Newtown fans during his long career. He won the reserve grade premiership with Newtown in 1970, and featured in many great performances for the club over the years. He retired from Newtown in 1979 and took up a captain-coach position at Campbelltown, New South Wales.In 1982-83 Casey coached Woy Woy, with the side winning the minor premiership but losing the grand final to Wyong in his first season. |
intergovernmental;sustainable development;kamouraska-temiscouata;bas-saint-laurent;mna;claude bechard;bechard Claude Bechard (June 29, 1969 – September 7, 2010) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Kamouraska-Temiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region; as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as the Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, and previously the Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity. |
bechard;universite laval;kamouraska-temiscouata Bechard was born in 1969 in Saint-Philippe-de-Neri. In 1991, he received a bachelor's degree in political science from Universite Laval in Quebec City. He graduated with a master's degree in land planning and regional development in 1994. He began doctoral studies in public administration, but left it to work as a political adviser to Daniel Johnson, Jr. from 1993 to 1996. He became the vice-president of the Quebec Liberal Party in 1997 and in a by-election the same year was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Kamouraska-Temiscouata. He was re-elected in 1998 and 2003, the latter which gave his party the power. During the years in the opposition benches he served as critic for employment, labour, energy and education. |
charest;seguin;sustainable development;yves seguin;jean charest;mont orford;orford;orford park;bechard When Jean Charest became Premier of Quebec in 2003, he was named the Minister of Employment, Social Solidarity and Family Welfare before a Cabinet shuffle caused by the departure of Yves Seguin as Finance Minister, promoted him to the position of Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade in 2005. He occupied the position for year before becoming Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks in 2006.Soon after, Bechard became involved in a controversial plan to sell part of the Mont Orford provincial park to a developer who planned to build condominiums. The plan was eventually cancelled. In addition, Bechard announced that the Orford Park would double in size as a national park. |
wawanoloath;pierre corbeil;alexis wawanoloath;alexis;corbeil;line beauchamp;bechard;beauchamp Bechard was re-elected in the 2007 elections and named the Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife replacing Pierre Corbeil who was defeated by the PQ's Alexis Wawanoloath. Line Beauchamp succeeded him as Minister of Environment. |
intergovernmental;normandeau;nathalie normandeau;michaud;nathalie;lessard;bechard;riviere-ouelle;dupuis;laurent lessard On May 30, 2008, Bechard was hospitalized for persistent stomach pain. On June 9, 2008, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In addition, during the same year, his press secretary Nancy Michaud was kidnapped and later found murdered inside an abandoned home in Riviere-Ouelle.Bechard recovered from his operation and was easily re-elected in the 2008 elections. On June 23, 2009, during a cabinet shuffle, Bechard was moved from the Natural Resources and Wildlife portfolios to Agriculture, Fisheries and Food replacing Laurent Lessard. Nathalie Normandeau replaced Bechard as Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife. Bechard was also named the Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs replacing Jacques P. Dupuis.Faced with continuing health challenges from his cancer, Bechard announced his retirement from politics on September 7, 2010, and died later the same day. |
claude bechard;carte;bechard Carte Mortuaire de Claude Bechard |
collinsella Collinsella is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Collinsella is named after the microbiologist Matthew D. Collins. |
bacterio;collinsella;cict https://web.archive.org/web/20051126133139/http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/collinsella.html |
colaeus;herodotus;hdt;samian;tartessos Colaeus (Greek: Κωλαῖος) was an ancient Samian explorer and silver merchant, who according to Herodotus (Hdt. 4.152) arrived at Tartessos c. 640 BC. |
strait of gibraltar;samos;phocaea;iberia;tartessian;colaeus;gibraltar;ionian;herodotus;hdt;arganthonios;sostratus;hera;tartessos;phocea In an era where most Greek traders were anonymous, Herodotus believed that Colaeus and Sostratus the Aeginetan were important enough to note. Colaeus was on a venture to Egypt when he was blown off course by a great storm through the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic by the Strait of Gibraltar as far as Tartessus, south-western Spain. Tartessus had previously been unvisited by traders and Colaeus was able to obtain a cargo of metal and return it safely to Samos. Upon his return, he dedicated one tenth of his profits to his native goddess, Hera. It is widely believed that the storm was an invention by Colaeus to hide his trade route from his competitors as the rewards from the previously untapped source of metal proved immense. The Phocaeans were the first visitors of Tartessos (Herodotus (Hdt. 1.163)): Πρώτῃ δὲ Φωκαίη Ἰωνίης ἐπεχείρησε. Φωκαιέες .... καὶ τόν τε Ἀνδρίην καὶ τὴν Τυρσηνίην καὶ τὴν Ἰβηρίην καὶ τον Ταρτησσὸν οὗτοι εἰσὶν οἱ καταδέξαντες (First Ionian Phocea was involved. The Phoceans... discovered Adriatic and Tyrrenean and Iberia and Tartessos. Arriving at Tartessos they were welcomed by the Tartessian king by the name Arganthonios (ἀπικόμενοι δὲ ἐς τὸν Ταρτησσὸν προσφιλέες ἐγένοντο τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ταρτησσίων, τῷ οὔνομα μὲν ἦν Ἀργαθώνιος. Colaeus voyage was profitable enough for him to devote the tenth of his earnings to Hera. The Phoceans built a new fortification wall for Phocaea. |
treister;michail The role of metals in ancient Greek history By Michail Yu Treister Page 102 ISBN 90-04-09917-4 |
warmington;cary The ancient explorers By Max Cary, Eric Herbert Warmington |
clifton-on-yore;thirn;hambleton Clifton-on-Yore is a civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 40 in 2010. The population remained less than 100 as taken at the 2011 Census. Details were included in the civil parish of Thirn. |
ure;john clayton cowell;high sheriff;cowell;marske;timothy hutton;pulleine;river ure;grecian;foss;high sheriff of yorkshire;georgina;scrope In parkland by the River Ure is Clifton Castle, a 19th-century country house on the site of a 14th-century castle of the Scrope family, of which a piece of walling survives.The house is built in ashlar with stone slate roofs to an essentially T-shaped plan with a two-storey, 5-bay main block at right angles to a 3-storey, 5-bay service wing. At the front the central 3 bays have 4 large Ionic columns supporting a frieze and pediment.The estate was purchased in 1735 from the Preston family by Timothy Hutton of Marske, who demolished the castle and commissioned John Foss to build the present Grecian style house in 1802. Hutton was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1844. On his death without heirs in 1863 the Clifton estate passed to his barrister cousin James Pulleine, who was High Sheriff for 1870. His only daughter Georgina married Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell, Master of the Queen's Household. Sir John died in 1894 and his widow continued to live at the house. Their son Albert Victor succeeded them. |
downshire;janey;claudia;marquess of downshire;edmund The estate was then purchased around 1970 by the 8th Marquess of Downshire and passed down to his son, Nick, 9th Marquess of Downshire, who lives there with his family Janey, Isabella, Beatrice, Edmund and Claudia. |
asiaeminoris;coleophora asiaeminoris;coleophoridae;coleophora Coleophora asiaeminoris is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that is endemic to Turkey. |
asiaeminoris;coleophora asiaeminoris;coleophora;wikispecies Data related to Coleophora asiaeminoris at Wikispecies |
risings;campbells;maclean;jacobite risings;inner hebrides;scottish gaelic;scottish clan;macdonalds;clann;hebrides;the mackinnons;jacobite;argyll;clan maclean;mackinnons;camerons;macleans Clan MacLean ( (listen); Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mac lEathain [ˈkʰl̪ˠaũn̪ˠ vĩcˈkʲiʎɛhɛn]) is a Highlands Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLeans became famous for their honour, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in clan skirmishes with the Mackinnons, Camerons, MacDonalds and Campbells, as well as all of the Jacobite risings. |
maclean;clan bruce;scottish gaelic;macdonald;iona;clan maclean;clan mackenzie;iona abbey There are several different origins for the surname MacLean, however, the clan surname is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGilleEathain. This was the patronymic form of the personal name meaning "servant of (Saint) John". Or the "son of the servant of Saint John. The clan's rise to power began in 852 with a Papal Bull of Charter & Protection for the Iona Abbey, issued by Pope Leo IV. While marriages with clan MacDonald in the late 1200s, clan Bruce in 1300s, clan MacKenzie in the 1400s brought the clan MacLean into the Scottish royal sphere. |
gillean;battleaxe Gillean of the Battleaxe |
gillean;maclaine;lubanach;largs;macbeth;dugald;clan maclaine of lochbuie;ragman;tiree;duart;knapdale;hector;scone;jura;judex;battle axe;maclean;mull;islay;the isle;battle of largs;lachlan;cenel;macleans;lochbuie;malise mac;house of moray;morvern;perth;mac gilleain;fitzgeralds;lochaber;gilleain;fitzgerald dynasty;dhu;moray;clan donald;malise mac gilleain;malise;argyll;lord of the isles;ulster;ragman rolls The founder of the clan was a Scottish warlord descended from the royal Cenel Loairn named Gillean of the Battle Axe . The stories of Gillean being descended from the FitzGerald dynasty are fictitious, as the FitzGeralds are of Cambro-Norman descent and the Macleans are of Gaelic descent, having been in Scotland since the Dalriadic migration from northeastern Ulster in the earlier centuries C.E. Gillean's great-grandfather was Old Dugald of Scone, born ca. 1050 during the reign of King Macbeth of the House of Moray, the principal royal line of the Cenel Loairn. He was a Judex (judge) and Councillor to King David of Scots. Gillean fought at the Battle of Largs in 1263 during the Scottish-Norwegian War where the Scottish were victorious.Gillean's son Malise mac Gilleain (from the Gaelic Maoliosa "Servant of Jesus") was thought by some to have taken the name Gillemor in 1263 and is also said to have led his followers at the Battle of Largs in 1263. He wrote his name as "Gillemor Mcilyn ("son of Gillean"), County of Perth" on the third Ragman Rolls of 1296, swearing fealty to Edward I of England.Gillean's great-great-grandson was Iain Dhu Maclean who settled on the Isle of Mull. One of his sons was Lachainn Lubanach (Lachlan) who was the progenitor of the Macleans of Duart and the other son was Eachainn Reafanach (Hector) who was the progenitor of the Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie. The Macleans of Duart married into the family of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles (chief of Clan Donald). By the end of the 15th century the Macleans owned the isles Mull, Tiree, Islay, Jura, Knapdale as well as Morvern in Argyll and Lochaber in mainland Scotland. |
battle of bannockburn;bannockburn;clan maclean;maclean The Clan MacLean are said to have fought in support of Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. |
duart;macleans The Early MacLeans at Duart |
maclean;lubanach;duart castle;macdonald;mary macdonald;macdonalds;mull;lachlan lubanach maclean;lord of the isles;clan maclean;duart;lachlan;hector;lochbuie By the 14th century, the Clan MacLean had become a dominant force in the Western Isles. In about 1364 Lachlan Lubanach MacLean (1325-1405) of Duart, 5th Chief, solidified the MacLean alliance with the Macdonalds through marriage. His bride, Mary Macdonald, was not only the daughter of John Macdonald, first Lord of the Isles, but also the granddaughter of Robert II, King of Scots. The families were close enough related that the approval of the church was sought. The papal dispensation issued by Pope Urban V on 3 May of 1367 approving the already consummated marriage is the first mention of a MacLean in any official records.. The papal dispensation blessed the marriage retroactively as insurance that it could not be annulled for political purposes. Mary's marriage dowry included Duart Castle and much of Mull. Lachlan Lubanach also was granted the hereditary position of Lieutenant-General of the Isles. He was the recognized as the superior MacLean on Mull by the Lord of the Isles. Hector (1328-1407), his younger brother, was in the late 1300s given Lochbuie by the Lord of the Isles. |
clan mackinnon;mackinnon;clan maclean;maclean During the 14th and 15th century many battles were fought between the Clan Maclean and Clan Mackinnon. |
battle of harlaw;harlaw Battle of Harlaw |
maclean;duke of albany;inverurie;aberdeenshire;clan irvine;earl of mar;battle of harlaw;lowlanders;clan maclean;highlanders;hector;macleans;harlaw In 1411 the Clan MacLean fought as Highlanders at the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire on 24 July 1411 against an Army of Scottish Lowlanders. Their enemy was the forces of the Duke of Albany and Earl of Mar. The MacLeans were led by "Red Hector of the Battles", the 6th Chief, who engaged in single combat with the chief of Clan Irvine, known as "Sir Alexander de Irwine". After a legendary struggle both died of the wounds inflicted upon each other. |
macleans Origins of the Macleans of the North |
maclean;clan chattan;lachlan maclean;alexander maclean;chattan;dochgarroch;urquhart;duart;lachlan;hector;hector maclean;macleans;lochbuie Tearlach [Charles] Maclean, eldest son of Hector Maclean, 1st of Lochbuie, brother of Lachlan Maclean, 1st of Duart. Tearlach was part of the vanguard but following this battle, he sought protection within the Clan Chattan Federation. His son Hector subsequently married a daughter of the Chief of the Mackintoshes. Despite the active support of Clan Chattan, these Macleans lost ownership of Urquhart by 1509, and settled nearby at Dochgarroch, though they still managed to lease much of Urquhart. In 1609 Alexander Maclean of Dochgarroch signed the Clan Chattan Bond. |
battle of corpach;corpach Battle of Corpach |
maclean;battle of corpach;clan cameron;corpach;clan maclean;cameron The Battle of Corpach took place in 1439. It was fought between the Clan Maclean and the Clan Cameron. |
battle of bloody bay Battle of Bloody Bay |
battle of bloody bay;maclean;clan donald;lord of the isles;clan maclean;duart;macleans;lochbuie In 1484 the Clan MacLean fought at the Battle of Bloody Bay on the side of the Lord of the Isles, chief of Clan Donald.In 1493 the Lordship of the Isles was abolished and Duart and Lochbuie MacLeans held their lands by charter directly from the king, thus Lochbuie became an clan independent of Duart. |
anglo-scottish wars Sixteenth century and the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
anglo-scottish wars;maclean;flodden;lachlan maclean;macleod;hebridean;gallowglass;battle of flodden;clan maclean;tiree;duart;islay;lachlan;clan macleod;clan mackay In 1513 During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Lachlan Maclean of Duart was killed at the Battle of Flodden. The clan extended its influence to other Hebridean islands such as Tiree and Islay and onto the mainland. In 1560 the Clan MacLean, joined by their allies the Clan Mackay and Clan MacLeod became part of the Gallowglass, who were ferocious mercenaries of Norse-Gaelic descent who served in Ireland for King Shane O'Neill. |
campbells;macdonald of ardnamurchan;macdonald;lachlan maclean;sicilia;clan campbell;maclean;jura;clan macdonald of sleat;battle of glenlivet;huntly;islay;lachlan;mingarry castle;macleans;the campbells;ardnamurchan;marooning;clan gordon;sleat;macdonalds;argyll;glenlivet;clan maclean;san juan de sicilia;mingarry The rising power of the Clan Campbell during the sixteenth century brought them into opposition with the Macleans. Several marriages were arranged between Macleans and Campbells to avoid feuding, however one of these went badly wrong when chief Lachlan Maclean married Lady Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell. The match was not a happy one and Maclean took drastic action by marooning his wife on a rock in the sea, leaving her to drown. However she was rescued by some passing fishermen who took her back to her kin and Maclean was later killed by her brother in Edinburgh in 1523.The Battle of the Western Isles was fought in 1586, on the island of Jura, between the Clan MacDonald of Sleat and the Clan MacLean. In 1588 the Clan MacLean attempted to capture Mingarry Castle seat of the chief of the Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan, using Spanish mercenaries from the San Juan de Sicilia.One thing that did unite the Macleans and the Campbells was their Protestant faith as well as their dislike for the MacDonalds. Sir Lachland Maclean harried the MacDonalds of Islay causing so much carnage that both he and the MacDonald chief were declared outlaws in 1594 by the Privy Council. However Lachlan redeemed himself when in the same year he fought for the king at the Battle of Glenlivet, on the side of the Earl of Argyll and Clan Campbell, against the Earl of Huntly and Clan Gordon. |
maclean;lachlan;mor;lachlan mor maclean Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean |
macdonald;rinns of islay;maclean's;kintyre;traigh;maclean;ghruinneart;lachlan mor maclean;islay;the isle;lachlan;macleans;mor;traigh ghruinneart;the quarrel;battle of traigh ghruinneart;clan donald;macneils;macdonalds;clan maclean;camerons;rinns The Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart took place on 5 August 1598. It was fought between the Clan Donald and Clan Maclean on the Isle of Islay. Chief Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean was killed. After Sir Lachlan MacLean's death in 1598, his sons took revenge on his suspected murderers, the MacDonalds, by carrying out a massacre of the people of Islay which lasted for three days. After obtaining "Letters of Fire and Sword" he was assisted in this by the MacLeods, MacNeils,and Camerons. The quarrel between the MacLeans and the Macdonalds of Islay and Kintyre was, at the outset, merely a dispute as to the right of occupancy of the crown lands called the Rinns of Islay, but it soon involved these tribes in a long and bloody feud, and eventually led to the near destruction of them both. The Macleans, who were in possession, claimed to hold the lands in dispute as tenants of the crown, but the privy council decided that Macdonald of Islay was really the crown tenant. |
campbells;duart castle;macdonald;sir john maclean;lachlan maclean;battle of inverkeithing;alasdair;maclean's;viscount of dundee;duart;hector;clan campbell;killiecrankie;maclean;nova scotia;dundee;mull;inverkeithing;the isle;lachlan;macleans;hector maclean;inverlochy;the campbells;auldearn;sir lachlan maclean;sir hector maclean;battle of killiecrankie;battle of kilsyth;battle of auldearn;scotia;stuarts;macdonalds;argyll;battle of inverlochy;maccolla;clan maclean;kilsyth;montrose On 3 September 1631 Sir Lachlan Maclean created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. Later during the Scottish Civil War he was devoted to Charles I of England and called out his clan to fight for James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose who was the king's captain general. The Clan Maclean fought as royalists at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645), Battle of Auldearn and Battle of Kilsyth, alongside men from Clan MacDonald, and other allies from Ireland raised by Alasdair MacColla. Their enemy was the Scottish Argyll government forces of Clan Campbell, led by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. Through cunning tactics the Royalist force of 1500 MacDonalds and MacLeans defeated the Argyll Campbell force of 3000.In 1647 the MacLean's Duart Castle was attacked and laid siege to by the Argyll government troops of Clan Campbell, but they were defeated and driven off by the royalist troops of Clan Maclean. The Battle of Inverkeithing took place in 1651 where Sir Hector Maclean, 18th chief was killed.Archibald Campbell the 9th Earl, son of the Marquess of Argyll, invaded the Clan Maclean lands on the Isle of Mull and garrisoned Duart Castle in 1678. The Campbells had control of Duart and most of the Maclean estates by 1679. When the Stuarts again called for support the Macleans hurried to their standard and Sir John Maclean, fifth Baronet fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689, in support of John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee. |
risings;jacobite;jacobite risings Eighteenth century and the Jacobite risings |
duart castle;duart;allan maclean of torloisk;hector;maclean;grand lodge;lord maclean;jacobite peerage;jacobite;allan maclean;macleans;hector maclean;freemasons;sir hector maclean;jacobites;battle of culloden;culloden;fitzroy maclean;wade's;torloisk;sir fitzroy maclean;clan maclean;sevastopol The Clan Maclean supported the Jacobite rising of 1715 and their chief, Sir Hector Maclean, was created Lord Maclean in the Jacobite peerage in 1716. However, the chief was exiled to France, where he founded, and was the first Grand Master of, the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Paris. General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 150 men. Hector returned for the Jacobite rising of 1745 but was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London until 1747. He died in 1750 in Rome. During the rising of 1745 the clan had been led by Maclean of Drimmin who was killed at the Battle of Culloden. Duart Castle then fell into ruin.After the defeat of the Jacobites, the Macleans then served Great Britain with distinction. From that time onwards, all of the chiefs have been soldiers. Sir Fitzroy Maclean, the tenth Baronet, fought at the Battle of Sevastopol.Allan Maclean of Torloisk fought at the Battle of Culloden. He later commanded the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) in the Battle of Quebec. |
mclane Allan McLane served in the American Revolution. |
maclean;clan maclean Castles that have been held by the Clan Maclean have included amongst others: |
connery;mcbain;roofless;duart castle;catherine zeta-jones;euphemia;duart;maclean;effie;mull;jacobite;the isle;perthshire;macleans;sean connery;entrapment;fitzroy maclean;sound of mull;sir fitzroy maclean;clan maclean Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull is the historic seat of the chiefs of the Clan Maclean. The castle is perched on a rock guarding the Sound of Mull. Dating from the thirteenth century it consists of a strong curtain wall as well as a substantial tower or keep that was added in about 1390. There are also later ranges that were built within the courtyard. Duart Castle was abandoned after the Jacobite rising of 1745 and it then became derelict and roofless. However, in 1911 it was acquired by Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, chief of Clan Maclean who restored it. The castle is still owned by the Macleans of Duart although they now live in Perthshire. The castle is open to the public in the summer. The exterior of Duart Castle was used in the film "Entrapment" with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery, whose mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" – nee McLean – was a Maclean. |
risings;battle of bloody bay;maclean;jacobite risings;ewan;macdonalds;corran;jacobite;ardgour;clan maclean;macleans;montrose Ardgour House, near Corran, was originally held by the MacDonalds but passed to the Macleans of Ardgour in the fifteenth century. This branch of the Clan Maclean were known as the Clan Tearlach. Ewan Maclean, 2nd of Ardgour was killed at the Battle of Bloody Bay in about 1482. They followed James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, but Allen, the seventh lord was pardoned. The Ardgour Macleans did not take part in the Jacobite risings and now live at Salachan at Ardgour. |
clan donald;aros;aros castle;mull;clan macdougall;argyll;lord of the isles;macdougall;the isle;macleans Aros Castle on the Isle of Mull, Argyll was originally built by the Clan MacDougall, was then held by the Clan Donald, Lord of the Isles before passing to the Macleans after 1493. |
the campbells;jura;campbells;aros;macdonalds;skull cave;aros castle;oath of allegiance;maclean's;macleans;clan campbell;the oath Aros Castle, Glengarrisdale, on the island of Jura, was held by the Macleans who came into possession of the north part of Jura. The southern part of Jura was originally held by the MacDonalds but by 1620 had passed to the Clan Campbell who complained that they were being harassed by the Macleans. This resulted in a battle in 1647 when the Campbells surprised the Macleans at Glen Garrisdale and killed many of them. There is a tradition that the severed head and two limb bones of one of the Macleans adorned a cairn near MacLean's Skull Cave. The castle was still in use when in 1690 the Campbell constable took action against the Macleans who had not taken the Oath of Allegiance to William of Orange. |
maclean;boswell;macdonalds;macneil;coll;clan macneil;donald maclean;breachacha castle;argyll;breachacha;stewarts;duart;macleans;clan campbell Breachacha Castle, on the island of Coll, was held by the MacDonalds, then the Clan MacNeil and then by the Macleans. In 1431 it was seized by Maclean of Coll, but they feuded with the Macleans of Duart, who in 1578 captured the castle. In 1679 Donald Maclean of Coll garrisoned it against the Clan Campbell chief, the Earl of Argyll. New Breachacha Castle was built nearby in 1750 and the old castle then became ruinous. Dr Johnston and Boswell visited the castle in 1773. In 1886 the old castle had passed to the Stewarts of Glenbuchie but it was bought by a descendant of the Macleans in 1965. |
campbells;maclaine;clan maclaine of lochbuie;lachlan maclean;duart;iona;maclean;jacobite;lachlan;macleans;lochbuie;the campbells;cromwell's;treshnish;cairnburgh;covenanter;treshnish isles;macdonalds;cairnburgh castle;argyll Cairnburgh Castle, Treshnish Isles, Argyll, was originally held by the MacDougalls, then the MacDonalds and then by the Macleans of Duart. One story is that the chief Maclean of Duart imprisoned the chief of the Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie in the castle to prevent him producing an heir and that Maclanie's only female companion was an old, not overly pleasing woman, whom he made pregnant. Maclaine was murdered but the woman escaped giving birth to a son who recovered Lochbuie. In 1504 James IV of Scotland had the castle besieged when it was held by Lachlan Maclean. In 1647 the castle surrendered to the Covenanter General, David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, and in the 1650s many of the books and records that had been rescued from Iona were destroyed in a siege by Oliver Cromwell's forces. The castle held out against attacks by the Campbells in 1679 but was surrendered in 1692. The castle was garrisoned during both the Jacobite rising of 1715 and 1745. |
aros;lochaline;aros castle;duart;caisteal;macleans Caisteal nan Con, (castle of dogs) near Lochaline, was held by the MacLeans of Duart and is said to have been used as a hunting lodge by those occupying Aros Castle. |
the campbells;campbells;torsa;caisteal;macleans Caisteal nan Con, Isle of Torsa, originally held by the Campbells, then the MacDougalls and then the Macleans. It was probably also a hunting lodge. |
the campbells;campbells;macdonalds;tiree;macleans Castle Loch Heylipol, Tiree, was originally held by the MacDonalds and then by the Macleans, who were besieged in it by the Campbells in 1678–79. |
the caledonian;caledonian canal;clan cameron;caledonian;dochgarroch;cameron;camerons;macleans;the ghosts;inverness Castle Spioradain, near Inverness, site of a castle formerly on an island that was held by the Macleans of Dochgarroch in around 1420. The name means castle of spirits and the story goes that during a feud between the Macleans and the Clan Cameron, several Camerons were executed and their bodies were hung from the walls. The ghosts of the dead are said to have terrorised the castle and the area. The site was destroyed when the Caledonian Canal was built and human bones were found. |
killiecrankie;glen urquhart;jacobites;battle of killiecrankie;chattan;dochgarroch;urquhart;battle of sheriffmuir;sheriffmuir;macleans;inverness Dochgarroch, near Inverness, site of a castle held from the sixteenth century by the Macleans who were known as the Clan Tearlach and who were allied to the Chattan Confederation. This clan of Macleans fought as Jacobites at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 and the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. This line now live near Glen Urquhart and also near Edinburgh. |
maclean;coll;battle of culloden;jacobite;culloden;macleans Drimnin Castle, near Lochline, Highland, site of a castle held by the Macleans of Coll in the sixteenth century, but was demolished in the 1830s. Maclean of Drimin led the clan during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and he was killed at the Battle of Culloden. |