Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh)...
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1912 he purchased and subsequently restored the Macrae stronghold of Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the west of Scotland. John MacRae was the second...
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The Capture of Eilean Donan Castle was a land-based naval engagement that took place in 1719 during the British Jacobite rising of that year, and the War...
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they landed at Lochalsh in Mackenzie territory, and set up base in Eilean Donan. Here they learned of Ormonde's failure; as commander of Jacobite land...
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There are various islands that lie in the sea lochs, such as Eilean Bàn and Eilean Donan, that might not ordinarily be described as "Hebridean", but no...
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Dunfermline Preston Inverness Sheriffmuir Brahan Jacobite rising of 1719 Eilean Donan Glen Shiel Glen Affric Coille Bhan Jacobite rising of 1745 Highbridge...
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years onwards, they were constables of Eilean Donan Castle. In 1539 the Clan Macdonald of Sleat besieged Eilean Donan as part of their attempt to restore...
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Loch Duich (section Eilean Donan Castle)
along the loch's shores in the month preceding the Battle of Glen Shiel. Eilean Donan Castle stands at the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Long, and Loch...
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Mackenzie are said to have been settled at their great stronghold on Eilean Donan by 1297. All of the earliest traditional Clan Mackenzie histories claim...
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the derivation is disputed. Eilean Chaluim Chille - Saint Columba Island Davaar - Saint Barr Eilean Donan - Saint Donan Flannan Isles - Saint Flannan...
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