Clan MacDonald of Keppoch crest:Per mare per terras (By sea and by land)

The Clan MacDonald of Keppoch is a Highland Scottish clan and is a branch of the main Clan Donald or Macdonald. Image File history File links MacDonaldKeppochCrest. ... Image File history File links MacDonaldKeppochCrest. ... Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relatives throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat... The Donald Clan Crest. ...

History

The MacDonalds of Keppoch are descended from Alistair Carrach Macdonald. Alistair Carrach MacDonald was the 4th son of Good John Macdonald of Islay who was the chief of Clan Donald and 7th Lord of the Isles. The Donald Clan Crest. ... MacDonald, Lord of the Isles The designation Lord of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: ), now a Scottish title of nobility, emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys. ...

For his involvement in the 1431 inserrection of Donald Balloch, Alistair Carrach had a large portion of his lands removed and transferd to the Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. Clan MacKintosh Crest Clan MacKintosh is a Scottish clan from Inverness with strong Jacobite ties. ...

In 1497 some of the Clan MacLaren stole cattle from the Braes of Lochaber from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch. The MacDonalds followed them and overtook them at a place called Glenurchy where a battle took place. The MacDonalds won and recovered their cattle. The MacLarens then looked for assistance from Dugel Stuart of Appin. Another battle then took place where the MacLarens were now joined by the Stuarts against the MacDonalds. During the battle Dugel, the chief of Clan Stuart and the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch chief were both killed. Clan MacLaran crest: Creag an Turic (the boars rock) Clan MacLaren is a Highland Scottish clan. ... The Coat of Arms of King James I, the first British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Stuart or Stewart was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later of the Kingdom of England, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ...

The 12th Chief of the Clan Macdonald of Keppoch called Alexander along with his brother was slain in 1663 in what is remembered as in gaelic as Tobair-nan-ceann meaning the Well of Heads, not far from Invergarry. This is where the heads of severn murderers were washed before presentation to the Lord MacDonnell of Invergarry.

During the Jacobite Uprisings the son of the 15th Chief of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch was among the men who attacked British government soldiers who were preparing a surprise assault on the Glenfinnan gathering. This was the first strike on the government during the 1745 to 1746 uprising. This son of the chief later died at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Memorial to the Jacobites, at Glenfinnan, Lochaber. ... Combatants Royal Army Jacobite Forces Commanders William Augustus Bonnie Prince Charlie Strength ca. ...

Castle

The original seat of the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch was at Tom 'a Charraigh at Torlundy et al.

Septs of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch

Septs of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch include the following. Other branches of the Clan MacDonald have different septs. A sept is a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. ...

Alexander, Sanderson, MacGillivantic, MacGilp, Macglasrich, MacKillop, MacPhilip, Philipson, Ronald, Ronaldson.

The family of MacRanald, now mainly spelled McReynolds, was also a branch of the Keppoch's. A very ancient and rare name in Scotland.

External links

• http://www.scotclans.com/clans/MacDonnell_of_Keppoch/history.html