Sketch of the Munro Clan

1369, was succeeded by his son Hugh, who
acquired more lands, mainly at the hands of his
cousin, the Countess Euphemia of Ross, — of
whom more will be heard later, — and who
fought under Donald, Lord of the Isles, against
the Duke of Albany in their contest for the
Earldom of Ross. By his first wife, Isabella,
grand-daughter of Sir Edward Keith, Great-
mareschal of Scotland, Hugh had a son, George,
who succeeded him in 1425 as the tenth Baron
Fowlis ; and it is from this tenth baron that
the Munroes (some spelling the name "Munro,"
others "Monro," and still others "Monroe")
of Lexington, of Concord, of Woburn, of
Worcester, of New York, of Pennsylvania,
of Bristol, R.I., of Ohio, of Paris, France, and
of hundreds of other places — a great host of
men and women — are descended in direct
succession.
In the lifetime of this George Munro, in the
year 1452, took place that locally famous battle
between the Mackenzies and the Munros which
is known as Beallach-nam-Brog, or the Pass
of the Shoes, so named because the combatants,
to protect themselves from one another's ar-