Clan Gillean

42 The Clan Gillean.
Gillean, if he died without issue, or if his sons died
without issue, he would not appear in the genealogy
of the Macleans.
Tradition affirms that Malise, or Gillise, fought
under Alexander III. at the battle of Largs in
1263. It also asserts that he held some lands in
Kintyre.
III. GlLLECALUM.
Gillecalum, or Malcolm, son of Malise, married
a daughter of the Lord of Carrick, and had three
sons by her, Donald, Neil, and John Dubh. In
1296 "Malcolm McCulian en I' isle de Kintyr,"
or Malcolm MacCulian in the Isle of Kintyre,
rendered homage to Edward I. That Malcolm
Maclean and Malcolm MacCulian were one and the
same person may be regarded as a fact. For this
belief there are several good reasons. Malcolm
Maclean was known as Malcolm Mac Gille-Eoin ;
but Mac Gill-e-Eoin would, in the hands of a
Frenchified English scribe, become readily trans-
formed into Mac Cul-i-an. Malcolm Maclean
must have been born about the year 1270, and
Malcolm MacCulian was a prominent man in
1296. According to a tradition related by Hugh
Macdonald, of Sleat, the Macleans came to
Mull from Carrick. But Carrick, or the southern
district of Ayrshire, was opposite Kintyre. Mal-
colm MacCulian had lands in Kintyre, which
in his day was classed as one of the Western
Islands. As Malcolm Maclean was married to a