Clan Mackintosh

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Clan MackIntosh
coat of arms

Clan member crest badge - Clan Mackintosh.svg
Motto : Touch not the cat bot a glove ("Do not touch the cat without a glove")
Battle cry : Loch Moigh
portrait
region Highlands
district Inverness
Plant badge Lingonberry , bearberry and boxwood
Gaelic names Mac-an-tòisich
Chief
John Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh
Chief Title (Gaelic) At t-Ailpeanach
Seat Moy Hall
Historic seat Moy Castle on Loch Moy

Clan MackIntosh
Adamson, Ayson, Clark, Combie, Crerar, Dallas, Doles, Elder, Easson, Eason, Esson, Glen, Glennie, Hardie, Hardy, Heggie, MacAndrew, MacAy, MacCardney, McCombie, McFall, McIntosh, MacCombie, MacCombe, MacComie, M'Conchy, McGlashan, MacHardie, MacHardy, MacHay, MacKeggie, M'Killican, MacNiven, MacOmie, MacRitchie, MacThomas, Nairn, Niven, Noble, Paul, Ripley, Ritchie, Ritch, Seawright, Siveright, Shand, Shaw, Tarrill, Tosh, Toshach
Clan branches
Mackintosh of Mackintosh (chiefs)
Mackintosh of Borlum (senior cadets)

Affiliated clans
Chattan Confederation
Clan Mackenzie
Clan Macpherson
Rival clans
Clan Cameron
Clan Gordon
Clan Munro

Mackintosh ( Mac-an-Toisich : "son of the chief") is the name of a Scottish clan that comes from the area east of Loch Ness and goes back to Shaw MacDuff, the third son of the Earl of Fife from the 12th century.

history

Angus, the sixth head of the clan, took over the presidency of Clan Chattan , a warlike confederation of several important highland tribes, through marriage in 1291 . With the Chattan clan, the Mackintosh took part in various territorial feuds, including the last battle between two tribes, which they lost in 1688 at Mulroy against the MacDonalds of Keppoch . The clan initially supported William of Orange , but sided with his opponent during the first Jacobite revolt in 1715.

The motto of the Mackintosh is Touch not the cat bot a glove (“Don't touch the cat without a glove”).

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literature

  • Alan Bold: Scottish tartans. Pitkin Pictorials, London 1978, ISBN 0-85372-245-5 , ( Pitkin "Pride of Britain" Books ).

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