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The Macdonalds of Morar descend from Allan, eldest son of Dougall, 6th of Clanranald. In 1538, Allan and his brother Lachlan were granted the 14 merklands of Morar. Associated families or septs. The following is a list of names associated with Clan MacDonald of Clanranald.
Moidart had long been a homeland of the MacDonalds of Clanranald, a formidable family group named after Ranald, a son of John, 1st Lord of the Isles, who, in the early 1370s, was granted by his father the lordship of Garmoran, which included Moidart.
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MacDonald of Clanranald Clan Crest: A castle with three towers, and an armoured hand with sword issuing from the centre. MacDonald Clan Motto: My Hope Is Constant In Thee. The ancestor of this branch of Clan Donald is Ranald, eldest son of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Amy Macruari, heiress to a vast inheritance of lands in the Outer ...
Donald founded the Glengarry line. The eldest, Alan, became Chief of Clanranald. In 1419 Alan died in his home, the Castle of Tirrim. Roderick, a supporter of the Lord of the Isles, took his place as Chief and died in 1481. His son, Alan, became chief and was known for his war skills. He captured Inverness Castle after a raid launched in 1491.
The “Brother” was really the Chief’s stepbrother, Alexander MacDonald of Boisdale, who had done everything in his power to keep the clan out of the Rising; but he, too, had helped the Prince after Culloden, and had consequently been arrested and taken with Lady Clanranald to London.
The Clanranald MacDonald gave rise to MacDonalds of Glenaladae, Borrodale, Morar and Kinlochmoidart who later acquired their lands in the area 3. The ill-fated MacIains of Ardnamurchan were also related.
Ranald MacDonald was the eponymous ancestor of the MacDonalds of Clanranald and the MacDonells of Glengarry. He was a son of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (d. 1386), and his first wife Amie MacRory.
