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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair was born around 1698, into both the Scottish nobility and Clan MacDonald of Clanranald.Through his great-grandmother Màiri, daughter of Angus MacDonald of Islay, he claimed descent from Scottish Kings Robert the Bruce and Robert II, the first monarch of the House of Stuart, [22] as well as, like the rest of Clan Donald, from Somerled.
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Glencoe High School is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon that is part of the Hillsboro School District. It was founded in 1980 [2] to relieve overcrowding at Hillsboro High School caused by the city's rapid expansion. Glencoe High is the second oldest of the four high schools in the city.
Lady of the Glen: A Novel of 17th-Century Scotland and the Massacre of Glencoe is a 1996 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson. It is a re-telling of the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe , and focuses on the romance between Catriona of Clan Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald of Clan Donald , each from rival clans.
Glencoe High School. William Silvers served as the first postmaster of Glencoe when the post office opened on January 9, 1871, in his store. [1] Glencoe post office was discontinued in 1904. [4] In 1880, during a large windstorm, the bridge over the creek was destroyed and many trees toppled. [1]
A romanticised Victorian-era illustration of a MacDonald of Glencoe clansman by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845.. The MacDonalds of Glencoe, also known as Clann Iain Abrach (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Iain Abrach), is a Highland Scottish clan and a branch of the larger Clan Donald.
Colonel Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry (15 September 1773 – 17 January 1828), sometimes called by the Gaelic version of his name, Alastair or Alasdair, was clan chief of Clan MacDonell of Glengarry. As was customary for a laird (landed proprietor in Scotland), MacDonell was often called Glengarry after his principal estate.
Alastair Macdonald (British Army officer), 19th century Commander-in-Chief, Scotland Alasdair Mac Colla (died 1647), 17th century Scottish military officer; Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross (died 1449), also known as Alasdair MacDonald, 15th century Scottish nobleman