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Clan MacLean
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Clan Maclean is a Highland 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 honor, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with the MacKinnons, Camerons, MacDonalds and Campbells. They were fierce Jacobites fighting in all of the Jacobite uprisings.
The founder of the clan was a Scots warlord descended from the royal Cenél Loairn named Gilleain na Tuaighe ("Gillean (pronounced Gillane not Gill-ee-un) of the Battleaxe", who lived circa (1174–1249).
Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull is the traditional home of the MacLeans. There has probably been a fortress on the site (the "Dubh-Aird" - Black Height) since early mediaeval times. The current castle originally consisted of a square curtain wall surrounding lean-to buildings, and was most likely built around 1250. Some 100 years later it was part of the dowery of Lady Mary Macdonald, daughter of the Lord of the Isles, upon her marriage to Lachlan Lubanach Maclean. Lachlan built the Great Keep of Duart ca. 1370, and additions were made to the castle in the middle and late 1500s, and late 1600s. Duart was abandoned by the Macleans in 1691, and the castle was inhabited by the redcoats until 1751.Duart fell into ruins but was restored early in the 20th century by Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean and has been the seat of the clan chief since its reopening in 1912. The exterior of Duart was used in the film "Entrapment" with Sean Connery (whose mother was a Maclean) and Catherine Zeta Jones.Members who have Clan MacLean Heritage:
Herb McLain, Lord Scottye McClain, & Jeffrey McClain
Herb McLain, Lord Scottye McClain, & Jeffrey McClain
If you are a member of the Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis, have Clan MacLean heritage, and wish to have your name added to this page to be identified with the Clan, email your request to stlstandrews@gmail.com
