Official Clan MacTavish Society

                                    since 1997

VOL. II

1240-1716

Second Series

Scottish History Society

Located in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland

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Diarmid odhuine (from whom the Campbells are called Siol dhiarmid (id est the seed of Diarmid) was a great and eminent person in Ireland and very honorable mentioned in the Irish traditionall antiquities as a person of great couradge and strength and very amiable to be looked upon, he had to his wife Grain, daughter to Cornig mc Airt vic Chuinn Cheudchathchich and so she was great grand child to Conn Ceudchataith so called because he fought ane hundred battells; whereby the Campbells are descended of the noble race of the O'Neills. This Dhiarmid odhuibhne had a son called Dhuine deudgheal (that is whyte toothed) who had to his son Malcom oduibhn, which Malcom oduibhn having gome to Normandie in ffrance, took in mariage the heretrix of Beuchamps (that is to say Campus bellus or pleasant field) being sister daughter to William the Conqueror. Of this heretrix the said Malcom had two sons the first Dionysius or Duncan who with his offspring continued in ffrance, and are called Beochamps or Campbells after the name of the foresd. Lands. His next

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Son was Gillespig or Archibald Campbell who came over to Scotland and maried Evah daughter to Paul Odhibhn being heretrix of Lochow as wee shall hear anon. Now passing any further account of Duibhne deadgheal and his succession abovementioned of whom the Campbells came be their father, as they came also of the said Evah as their mother, wee proceed to Diarmid odubhn his other son called Arthur Armdhearg.

Arthur Armdhearg that is red armoured (so called from the naturall of Artificial colour of his arms, or because of the bloddiness of them) had four sons. The first was Sir Paul Oduibhn Knight of Lochow called also Paul an sporran (of whom in the next article or section), the second was Arthur Urchanach, the third Arthur Cruachan who was tutor to the above and after mentioned Evah heretrix of Lochow being his neice; he was also deput of Lorn under the King whom I suppose to have been King Malcom the second, who was crowned anno 1004 and rang 30 years; Arthur Armdhearg's fourth son is reckoned to have been Arthur Andrairan who also had two sons viz. Patrick Drynach from whom the Clann Arthurs of Instrynish on Lochowsyde and Duncan Darleith of whom the mcArthurs of Darleith in the Lennox who called themselves Darleiths after the name of their lands which they possessed till very late.