MacGillonie or MacGill'Eoinidh, according to MacIntosh was a famous hunter in the
Grampian Mountains
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and several vestiges of his huts were seen in the mountains of
Atholl
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in 1785. The MacGillonies belonged to
Clan Cameron
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, but were originally allied to the
MacLeans
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An old proverb states:
:''Is mairg don sguaban-stòthaidh bò mhaol odhar MhicGhill'Eoinidh''
:(Pity the one whose store is the hornless brown cow of MacGillonie)
MacGillonie's "brown cow" was the wild mountain doe.
References
(MacGill'Eoinidh, sguaban-stòthaidh)
Scottish folklore
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