• General Notes

  The Maclachlans of Scotland are descended from Aodh Athlaman Ua Neill (O'Neill), the King of Aileach who died in 1033 A.D., ancestor of the O'Neills of Ulster, in later centuries Princes of Tyrone and Lords of Clanaboy. According to legend his younger son, Aodh Anrathan, left Ireland to campaign in Scotland, never to return. Most accounts of the family have this Aodh Anrathan marrying an heiress of the Lamonts, Lords of Cowall, from whom they are said to have inherited the lands of Cowal and Knapdale in Argyle, Scotland. The often quoted Baelic Ms. of 1467, however, refers to this Aodh Anrathan (in the pedigree of the MacEwens of Otter) as the "Lord of Badenoch," a district in Scotland bordering Lochaber, by highland tradition the original territory of the Maclachlans in Scotland. His great-grandson (or great-great-grandson, depending on the source), Giollapadraig, is referred to in the same Ms. of 1467 as "of Atholl," a district bordering Badenoch to the south. In 1230, Walter, the second son of William Cumyn, Earl of Buchan, acquired the Lordship of Badenoch by grant of King Alexander II and in 1291, a John Cumyn is described as "Lord of Badenoch." It therefore appears as though Aodh Anrathan settled first in Badenoch, of which territory he was Lord until control passed into the hands of the Cumyns, originally of Northumberland. Since his great-grandson Giollapadraig is referred to as "of Atholl," it is probable either he or his son, Lachlan Mor, were the first of the family to settle in Argyll; and it was probably Lachlan Mor's son, also named Giollapadraig, who by family tradition is said to have married an heiress of the Lamonts (Elizabeth, the daughter of the Lord of Cowall).
  
  The Blaikie Family is a part of the Lamont Clan.....the clan is descended the royal house of Dalriade and from the O'Neill princes of Tyrone in Ireland in the 11th century. In the eleventh century Anrothan, younger son of AEDH Athlamhan 'the Handy' O'NEILL, KING OF ULSTER 1030-1033 (Royal Heir of Ireland who was given the throne during his father's pilgrimage to Rome but who died in his father's lifetime in November 1033) moved to Scotland and married the daughter of the King of Argyll and received wide lands there. According to the mediaeval Irish and Scottish genealogies he was ancestor of the MacLaghlans of Strathlachlan, The Lamonts of that Ilk (of whom the Lyons of Glamis, Earls of Strathmore, are probably cadets), the MacSorleys of Moneydrain, the MacEwans of Otter, the entire Clan Neill in Scotland (i.e. the MacNeills of Barra and the McNeills of Gigha and Colonsay), the MacSwins of Castleswin, and the MacSweeneys of Donegal.

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