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THE BOOK OF CLANRANALD. 213
■of the Earl of Linlithgow, to whom she bore John, the earl.
Alexander had other children, viz., Hugh, by a daughter of tiil-
patrick Koy, son of Rory, son of the Green Abbot, son of the
Earl of Ross, whose surname was of the Rosses. He had for
patrimony the third part of Lewis, and other lands upon the
mainland. It is he tliat was killed in the parts of Garioch when
along with Mac Donald, viz., Donald of Isla. For there were four
that went out of tlie army before any part of the main force went
■with them, viz., Norman Macleod and Torquill his brother, Loch-
luinn mac Gillemhaoil and Gilpatrick mac Rory. Gilpatrick mac
Rory and Lochhiinn mac Gillemliaoil were killed, but Norman
and Torquill escaped safe from the pui-suit.
It was this Hugh, son of Alexander, that plundered Orkney,
and William Macleod of Harris and the youth of the Hebrides
were along with him in that expedition. Hugh had Donald
Gallach, son of Hugh, by the daughter of the Coroner of
Caithness, and she was of the Gunns. Hugh had other good
children, viz., Donald of Harris, son of Hugh, and the daughter of
Macleod of Harris was his mother ; and John, son of Hugh, and
the daughter of Mac Ceaain of Ardnamurchan was his mother; but
that John left no issue, and Gillespie, son of Hugh possessed tlie
lordship ; and other sons who are not mentioned hei-e. Donald
Gruamach was son of Donald Gallach, and Donald Gorm, son o<f
Donald Gruamach, and Catherine, daughter of Alexander, son of
Allan, laird of Clanranald, was his mother, whose descendants still
possess the lordship.
Gillespie, son of Alexander of Isla, whose mother was daughter
of Mac Phee of Lochaber, and Alexander, son of Gillespie, who
■obtained possession of the earldom of Ross, and Donald, his son,
died without issue.
John Mor, son of John, son of Angus Og, the Tanist to Mac
Donald, married Mary Bisset, and it was with her the seven
Tuaths of the Glens came into the possession of the Clan Donald.
Alexander Carrach, the third son, married the daughter of the
Earl of Lennox, but she bore no children to him. Angus, son of
Alexander, whose mother was a daughter of Mac Phee, but she
■was not married to him. Alexander, sou of Angus, from whom
are descended the race of Alexander, son of Angus in the Braes of
Lochaber.
There you have the descendants of these four sons of John,
«on of Angus Og.
[Here in R. B. come three poems, as detailed on the opposite
page].