Clan MacLennan

Clan MacLennan
Mac Gille Fhinnein[1]
MottoDum spiro spero[2] While I breathe I hope.
Profile
Plant badgeFurze[3]
Chief
Ruairidh Donald George MacLennan of MacLennan[4]
The Chief of the Name and Arms of MacLennan[4]
Allied clans
Rival clans

Clan MacLennan, also known as Siol Ghillinnein,[3] is a Highland Scottish clan which historically populated lands in the north-west of Scotland. The surname MacLennan in Scottish Gaelic is Mac Gille Fhinnein, meaning the son of the follower of St Finnan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 240 - 241.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WS2000-214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Bain 1983: pp. 138–139.
  4. ^ a b "MacLennan of MacLennan, Chief of MacLennan". Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2009.