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tiadition. Two fl\iiulies, the Munroes, so called
because they came from the innermost Roe water
in the County of Derry, their name being originally
O'Millans, and the Koses of Kilravock/ rose to
territorial distinction in the North Hig-hlands.
The other names preserved by Hugh Macdonald
are the Fearns, Dingwalls, Beatons, Macphersons,
Bujikes of Caithness, while the MS. of 1700
FINLAGGAN.
mentions, in addition to the foregoing, Dunbar,
Maclinen, and the MacGilleglasses.
Angus Og's loyalty to Bruce never faltered. It
stands in marked contrast to the policy of the
succeeding Lords of the Isles. Loyalty to Scottish
nationality was, however, a plant of slow growth,
even among the great baronial families of the South.
^ The historian of the Kilravoek family does not dispute, but, on the con-
trary, admits that the family came directly from Ireland, though he maintains
that England was the nursery of the race, whence they may have emigrated to
Ireland. Vide Kilravoek Charters.