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Clan MacLeod (/ m ə ˈ k l aʊ d / mə-KLOWD; Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mhic Leòid [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçkʲ ˈʎɔːtʲ]) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan , known in Gaelic as Sìol Tormoid ("seed of Tormod") and the Clan MacLeod of ...
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
Mrs MacLeod was president of the Australasian WCTU in 1922. MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod (/ m ə ˈ k l aʊ d / mə-KLOWD) [1] are surnames in the English language.The names are anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, meaning "son of Leòd", derived from the Old Norse Liótr ("ugly").
Dunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland.It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod.
Another origin of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic MacGilleDheòradha, and the Irish Mac Giolla Dheóradha, which means "son of the servant of the pilgrim". [1] In the Scottish clan system, McClures are a sept of Clan MacLeod (of Dunvegan). [2]
The surname MacLeòid, and its various Anglicised forms, have also been borne by members of Clan MacLeod, [2] a once powerful Scottish clan, seated on the west coast of Scotland. The leading branches of the clan are the MacLeods of MacLeod. who are seated on Skye; and the MacLeods of Lewis, who were historically seated on Lewis.
MacLeod's paternal grandparents, Alexander (1830-1900), and Anne MacLeod (1833-1923), with their son Donald (standing) Mary Anne MacLeod was born in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Raised in a Gaelic-speaking household, she was the youngest of ten children born to Mary Ann MacLeod ( née Smith; 1867–1963) and Malcolm ...
McLeod may refer to: McLeod (surname) Clan MacLeod, a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye; Places. Canada McLeod ...