Clan Maclean Castle On History Visit To Isle Of Mull Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Duart Castle, or Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Isle Of Mull, Inner Hebrides. Duart Castle was probably built by Clan MacDougall in the 13th century, and appears to have come into the hands of Clan MacLean in the following century. In 1350 Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart, the 5th Clan Chief, married Mary, daughter of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Duart was part of her dowry. In 1647, Duart Castle was attacked and laid siege to by the Argyll government troops of Clan Campbell, but they were defeated and driven off by the Royalist troops of Clan MacLean. In 1691 Duart Castle was surrendered by Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll. The Campbell clan demolished the castle, and the stones from the walls were scattered. By 1751 the remains of the castle were abandoned. On 11 September 1911, the ruin was bought by Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, the 26th Chief of the Clan MacLean and restored. The surname McLean was first found in the Western Isles where the Clan held extensive lands on almost every island in the Western Hebrides. McLean has been spelled MacLean, MacLaine, MacLane, MacLeane, MacClean, MacClain, MacClaine, MacGhille Eoin in Gaelic and many more Donald McLean, a Scottish convict from Glasgow, was transported aboard the Asia on September 3rd, 1820, settling in New South Wales, Australia; Hugh McLean, a Scottish convict from Glasgow, was transported aboard the Asia on September 3rd, 1820, settling in New South Wales, Australia; James McLean, aged 29, arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship Phoebe Dunbar between 1841 and 1850; Katherine McLean, aged 32, arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship Phoebe Dunbar between 1841 and 1850; Ann McLean landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1801; Christina McLean, aged 25, arrived in Canada in 1812; Allan McLean arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, America, in 1740; Duncan McLean arrived in Brunswick, North Carolina, America, in 1767; Daniel McLean, aged 25, landed in Rhode Island, America, in 1812 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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