Moidart is a district in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland to the west of Fort William; the area is very remote and Loch Shiel cuts off the south-west boundary of the district. District of Lochaber Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Fort William ( Scottish Gaelic: An Gearasdan, "The Garrison" is the largest town in the highlands of Scotland, now that Inverness Loch Shiel ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a 25 km freshwater Loch, 120 m deep situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber,
Moidart includes the townships of Dorlin, Mingarry, Kinlochmoidart and Glenuig. Mingarry Castle (or Mingary Castle) ( Caisteal Mhìogharraidh in Gaelic) is a Castle situated a mile south-east of the small village of Glenuig ( Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Uige) is a small village in Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, on the At Dorlin is located the ancient fortress of the MacDonalds, Castle Tioram. Clan Donald is one of the largest Scottish clans The MacDonald clan has many separate branches These are Castle Tioram (pronounced " Chee-rum " from Scottish Gaelic "Caisteal Tioram" meaning "dry castle" is a ruined castle
During World War II, HMS Dorlin was based at Dorlin and was used for training of Royal Navy Beach Signals and Royal Signals sections - battle training. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
It was where legendary accordionist, Fergie MacDonald was raised. Fergie MacDonald (b1940s Glasgow) is a Scottish accordionist who specializes in Ceilidh music and plays the button key accordion.
The Macdonalds of Moidart
The Macdonalds of Moidart area were the ClanRanald.
John MacGregor W. S. states c. 1929
- In a dispute over the harvesting of seaweed Colin MacDonald of Boisdale v Ranald MacDonald of Clanranald c1761. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- It is a fact both proved in this cause, and admitted between the parties, that all the estates in controversy were originally the property of their common ancestor, MacDonald of ClanRanald, a son of John, Lord of the Isles, who obtained a grant of them from his father in , which was confirmed by a charter under the Great Seal by King RobertII.
- Comprehending Terra de Moidart cum castro de Elantirum,de terra de Arisaig, de terra de Morar, de insula de Rume, de insula de Huist, cum castro de Vynvale,de insula de Barry, de insula de Hirts; cum omnibus aliis minutis insulas [and all smaller islands] ad dictus insulas. Pertinentibus &c.
This was the original and ancient estate of MacDonald of ClanRanald.
Clanranald left his ancient stronghold of Castle Tioram to join James VII in 1715. Castle Tioram (pronounced " Chee-rum " from Scottish Gaelic "Caisteal Tioram" meaning "dry castle" is a ruined castle James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a According to MacGregor's knowledge Clanranald set fire to his castle when he left at this time. His account of the fire agrees with Seton Gordon's later version of this story, although some accounts state that the fire was started by accident in the castle kitchen. Seton Gordon (1886 - 1977 was a Scottish naturalist, Photographer and Folklorist.
ClanRanald's pipers were traditionally from a family of MacIntyre's who previously lived at Loch Rannoch. At that time this MacIntyre family were anciently pipers to Menzies of Menzies, and were said to have piped the Menzies forward at Bannockburn, with the famous Faery Pipes which were supposed to have magical properties. Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag A number of other places are named after Bannockburn &mdash see Bannockburn (disambiguation. Some of these MacIntyres moved to Moidart and became pipers to ClanRanald. Today Archie MacIntyre still plays for MacDonald of ClanRanald.
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