Glengyle Research Group

Clandoulkeir - descendants of Dubhgall ciar

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Dubhgall ciar is the eponym of Clann Dubhgall Cheire (Clandoulkeir), and the head of the line as it appears on this site. He is first recorded by 1488.1 The line first appears on record by branch-name in 1533, when his grandsons Gille-Coluim, Donnchadh and Pàdraig - sons of Donnchadh I in Glengyle - were put to the horn for theft together with other MacGregors.2 Several of his sons and their immediate male issue appear in a bond of manrent to John Campbell of Glenurquhay in 1547, the patronymic chain in that record being one of the earliest documentary anchors for the brotherhood.3 Raibart mòr's line at Strathyre is the source of the Buchanan branch noted by Amelia MacGregor.4

Mirrors page 10 of the Glen Discovery genealogy.

Footnotes

  1. Peter Lawrie, The Genealogy of Clan Gregor 10, Clandoulkeir, Glen Discovery, citing the 1488 list in GD112/3/9: "John Donaldson; Gregor Patrickson; Alexander Patrickson; Malcolm Duncanson; Dougal ker; Malcolm beg MakRobert." ↩︎

  2. Pitcairn, Criminal Trials, p. 164: 15 November 1533, "Quo die Malcolmus McCoule Kere McGregour, Duncanus McGregour et Petricius McGregour fratres" put to the horn for theft, with other rebels of Clan Gregor. ↩︎

  3. Bond of manrent at the Castle of Glenurquhay, 2 June 1547, recorded in the Black Book of Taymouth and quoted by Amelia MacGregor (vol. 2, p. 252): "Donald McGillekeyr; Finla McGillekeyr his son; Duncan broder of Finla; Neill McCoull VcIllekeyr and Malcum his broder; Fynla McAne Vcindlo; Donald McHewan VcIllekeyr; Jhon oyr McCoull VcIllekeyr." ↩︎

  4. Amelia MacGregor, History of the Clan Gregor, vol. 1, pp. 339, 348: in 1604 Robert McColl with his sons John, Malcolm and Patrick changed name to Buchanan; recorded as a son of Alasdair "MacRobert" of Strathyre, the Strathyre branch tracing back through Raibart mòr. ↩︎