- Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Airbertach Grandchildof Macbeth King of Scotland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I159548 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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| Notes |
- See (page 52) "BYGONE LOCHABER" Historical & Traditional. by SomerledMacMillian, 1971 K & R Davidson Ltd. 205-207 West George Street, Glasgow(Printed for private collection)
"This Airbertach has twelve tribes inhabiting the Norweigan territoty,viz. Greagraid of the Champions, commomly called Mull and Tiroda (Tiree)and Cruibhinis or Craobhinis (of Island of Bushes. (This is said to bethe old name for Iona.)"
From From Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban. By William FSkene (1890) (Page 489). (From the manuscript of 1467 and MacFirbis.)
http://www.clanmacmillan.org/History.htm
The M'millans are one of a number of clans - including the MacKinnons,the MacQuarries, and the MacPhees - descended from Airbertach, aHebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray who according to oneaccount was the great-grandson of King Macbeth. The kin of Airbertachwere closely associated with the Clann Somerhairle "Ri Innse Gall"("Kings of the Hebrides"), the ancestors of the MacDougalls and theMacDonald "Lords of the Isles"; and like their allies their interests inthe twelfth and thirteenth centuries ranged throughout the Hebrides andthe western coastal regions of the Scottish mainland, and into Ireland.Though most of the clans certainly descended from Airbertach wereassociated with the Inner Hebrides (Tiree, Iona, Mull, Ulva and Colonsay)some others claiming the same descent were later settled inland along thestrategic corridor that connects Lorn - the mainland region oppositethose islands - to Dunkeld in Perthshire, where Airbertach's son Cormacwas the Bishop in the early twelfth century. Tradition connects theM'millans with a number of different places in the areas associated withAirbertach's kindred: Glencannel on Mull; Craignish in Lorn, Leny andLoch Tayside in Perthshire.
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