CHAPTER IX.

THE CLANS AND THEIR GENEALOGIES.

State of the Highlands in the sixteenth century, 326 Names and position of the clans, 327 Meaning of ‘Clann,’ and the personal names from which their patronymics were taken, 331 Original importance and position of Clan pedigrees, 334 First change in Clan pedigrees. Influence of legendary history of Scotland, 336 Second change. Influence of Irish Sennachies, 337 Analysis of the Irish Pedigrees, 338 Artificial character of these pedigrees, 346 Third Change. Influence of Act 1597, 346 Spurious Pedigrees, 349 Result of Analysis of Pedigrees, 364 Termination of Clanship in the Highlands, 365