. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. u w PART CAISTEAL. (27) 28 Renaissance of the Clan w fe DUBHAIRD CAISTEAL. The ancient castle of the MacLeans has been variouslycalled Doward, Dowart, and recently shortened, but improperly,into Duart. Anciently it was generally written Doward. In1574, we find Maryoun neyclene, Prioress o
. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. u w PART CAISTEAL. (27) 28 Renaissance of the Clan w fe DUBHAIRD CAISTEAL. The ancient castle of the MacLeans has been variouslycalled Doward, Dowart, and recently shortened, but improperly,into Duart. Anciently it was generally written Doward. In1574, we find Maryoun neyclene, Prioress of Icolmkill, grantingher lands to Hector McClane of Dowarde. The castle derivesits name from Dubh, meaning black, and Aird, a height, or prom-ontory; and hence the word signifies Black Promontory. Theword Caisteal is the Gaelic dress of the English Castle, which, inturn, comes from the Latin Castellum. The Gaelic words forcastle are daingneach and dun,—the former meaning a stronghold,castle, fortification, fastness, and the latter, a heap, a hill, ahillock, mount, a fortified hill or town, fortress, castle, a fast-ness, a tower. In order to preserve the etymology the word should be writ-ten Diiard . When writing my History of the Clan MacLean,owing to the confusion in the spelling, I submitted the questionto the chief. In his reply he stated he woul
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