Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

PREFATORY ADDRESS. Xlll
" John Garbh married Isobelle, daughter of
" Fraser of Lovett, and got from Mac Dhonnal
" a charter of the twenty-pound lands of Col
" and the eighteen-merk land of Cuinnish in
" Mull." — ( Vide Genealogy of the House of Coll.)
Having thus disposed of the title of seniority
claimed by the house of Coll, I shall next pro-
ceed to say a few words on the assumed right of
another aspirant, the house of Lochbuy. The
Lochbuy Macleans certainly always ranked in
influence and power next to the Duart race, but
the claim they have set up to the right of senio-
rity, though with somewhat more plausible
appearance than the family of Coll, is neverthe-
less equally futile. Their claim is founded on a
supposition that Eachuinn or Hector Reganeach,
the founder of their house, was the eldest son of
Ian Dubh (Black John) Macghillean of Duart,
but that Lachlan Lubneach, a younger son, had
usurped the right of chieftainship, and illegally
seized upon the patrimonial seat and estates.
Now, from the harmony which appears to have
existed between the two brothers Lachlan Lu-
baneach and Eachuin Reganeach, in their various
feuds with other clans, there does not appear the
smallest reason for supposing that such an injury
as that of deprivation of birthright had been