Clan MacDonald of Largie, also known as Clan Ranald Bane, is a

Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Goidelic languages, Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official ...

and a branch of

Clan Donald Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald ( gd, Clann Dòmhnaill; Mac Dòmhnaill ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry i ...

. The founder of the MacDonalds of Largie is Ranald Bane MacDonald, a son of Iain Mhoir Tanistear Mic Dhòmhnaill (John Mor Tanister MacDonald) and

Margery Byset Margery Byset (Bisset, Bissett; also Marjery, Margaret, Marie) was an Irish noblewoman belonging to the Bissett family whose marriage to John Mór Tanister MacDonnell in 1399 laid the basis for the Clan Donald claim to the Glens of Antrim, the l ...

(Margaret Bisset).

History

Ranald Bane was granted lands in

Kintyre Kintyre ( gd, Cinn Tìre, ) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately north ...

around Largie by his brother Donald Ballach MacDonald, Chief of

Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, also known as Clan Donald South, ''Clan Iain Mor, Clan MacDonald of Islay and Kintyre, MacDonalds of the Glens (Antrim)'' and sometimes referred to as ''MacDonnells'', is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald. ...

. In 1647 at the

Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss The Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss was a battle between Covenanters led by General David Leslie and Royalist forces led by Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich (Sir Alexander MacDonald) at Rhunahaorine Point, Kintyre, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a ...

, during the

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, the MacDonalds of Largie were routed and Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine was destroyed. Their lands and estate were forfeited and given to

Archibald Campbell of Inverawe Clan Campbell ( gd, Na Caimbeulaich ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The ...

. The lands and estate were returned during the

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in 1660.

Chiefs

* Ranald Bane MacDonald, 1st of Largie * Donald MacRanald Bane, 2nd of Largie * Alexander MacDonald, 3rd of Largie * Donald MacDonald, 4th of Largie * John MacDonald, 5th of Largie * Hector MacDonald, 6th of Largie * Archibald MacDonald, 7th of Largie * Alexander MacDonald, 8th of Largie * Angus MacDonald, 9th of Largie * John MacDonald, 10th of Largie * John Ranald Maxwell Macdonald 11th of Largie * John Ranald Maxwell Macdonald (II)12th of Largie * Fergus John Logie Maxwell MacDonald (next)

Castles

* Largie Castle, Rhunahaorine *

Largie Castle, Tayinloan Largie Castle is a former mansion house at Tayinloan, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a b ...

References

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