Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations

CHAPTER V.--THE MACRAES OF KINTAIL AND GAIRLOCH.

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The Macraes settle in Kintail--Become Mackenzie's "shirt of mail"--The sons of Fortune--Assist in conquest of Gairloch--List of Macraes who fought for Gairloch--Effigy of Donald Odhair--Macraes renowned archers--Compared with Turkish archers--The Macraes bore the dead bodies of their chiefs to burial--The last occasion of this--Curious statement 19