Old photograph of the McIntyre shop in Cardross which is located halfway between Dumbarton, and Helensburgh, Scotland. Robert the Bruce purchased the portions of lands of Pillanflatt from the Earl of Lennox, lying in the parish of Cardross in 1326. In 1329, he died at his manorial house that he built there. A field called the Mains of Cardross is thought to have been the location of his royal manor. McIntyre, MacIntyre, McAteer, and McIntire is a Scottish surname derived from the Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir literally meaning " Son of the Craftsman or Mason ", common in Ulster and the highlands of Scotland, found in Ireland mostly in counties Donegal, Londonderry, Tyrone and Sligo. A Uí Brolchainn Sept of the Uí Néill clan and a branch of the Cenel Eoghainn.
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