Tour Scotland photograph of the Daniel MacFarlane gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Schoolmaster of Gask for fifty three years. Died 5th December, 1868, aged 78. He was greatly beloved as a man, and highly esteemed as a teacher. Clan MacFarlane, Scots Gaelic: Clann Mhic Phàrlain, is a Highlands Scottish clan. War Cry: " Loch Slòigh " meaning; The Loch of the Host. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet upwards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, particularly those of Clan Colquhoun, and as such a full moon became known locally as " MacFarlane's Lantern ". The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.
Clan MacFarlane is a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighboring clan lands, (particularly those of Clan Colquhoun), and as such a full moon became known locally as MacFarlane's Lantern. The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.
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