3 Celts & Company • "MACPHERSON OF CLUNY"The name means 'son of the Parson': one Murriach or Murdoch who in 1153 succeeded to the Chiefship of Clan Chattan (see thereunder) and obtained special dispensation to marry. His third son evinced a skill that established one source of the numerous Smith families. Previously of Lochabar, the MacPhersons were settled in Badenoch by Robert Bruce on land they had wrested from his Comyn rivals. A great quarrel with the Davidsons was settled by winning that 1396 combat of the North Inch of Perth, with the aid of Hal Gow o' the Wynd--also doubtless by playing the clan's Fairy Chanter.
After Culloden, Cluny MacPherson shared his Benalder 'Cage' for weeks with Prince Charlie and remained himself in hiding for nine years. Despite large rewards offered, the loyal clansmen betrayed neither. James MacPherson (1738-96), with his version of Ossian's epic that first directed world attention to Celtic legends, instigated a new era of 'Romantic' taste.
Septs: ARCHIBALD, CATTANACH, CLARK, CLARKE, CLARKSON, CLERK, CLUNIE, CLUNY, CURRIE, ELLIS, ELLISON, FERSEN, GILLESPIE, GILLIE, GILLIES, GOUDIE, GOW, GOWAN, GOWANS, LEARY, LEES, MACCHLERY, MACCLAIR, MACCLEARY, MACCLAIR, MACCLEARY, MACCLEISH, MACCURRACH, MACCURRIE, MACGILLIES, MACGOUN, MACGOW, MACGOWAN, MACKEITH, MACLEAR, MACLEARY, MACLEES, MACLEISH, MACLERIE, MACLISE, MACLISH, MACMURDO, MACMURDOCH, MACMURRICH, MACVURICH, MACVURRICH, MURDOCH, MURDOSON, PEARSON, SMITH
"MACPHERSON." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.75,76. Print.
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