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- "The Clan Munro traces its history back to the Roman invasion of theBritish Isles. In the ancient times of the 4th Century, a band of Scotswere driven to Ireland by the invading Romans. They settled by LoughFoyle on the Roe water, where they remained about 600 years until theirreturn to Scotland circa 1000 AD. Known as the Men of Roe, the name Munroevolved. Or there was another option that upon returning to Scotland thegroup settled in the highland country called Ross, where the narrowCromarty firth reaches inland from larger Moray Firth. The tribe were theMountaineer of Ross, later contracted to Monrosse, and then Munro. Yetanother legend speaks of early converts to the Roman Church and anidentification with Mary, the Virgin, the Rose among all women. The menwho wore her badge as Men of the Rose were later Munro. There is anenormous body of legend dealing with the early origins.
The first recorded name is that of Prince Ocaan who organized the clanfor their return to Scotland from Ireland. The historical dates for theMunro clan began in 1025 A.D. when Donald Munro, son of Prince Ocaan,fought for King Malcom II. As a reward, during the next parliament atScone, he was granted a Barony. Donald Munro named the new barony Foyleor Foulis after the lough (lake) in Ireland where he had been reared."
From "The Clan Munro" Submitted by Hugh at
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Below from Notes for O'CATHAN (PRINCE OF FERMANAGH) at
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Notes for O'CATHAN Prince Of Fermanagh
1. O'CATHAN (PRINCE OF1 FERMANAGH) was born Bef. 1020.
[Source: "History of the MUNROS of Fowlis...." by Alexander MacKenzie,MJI, 1898] Page 2: ..... There is , however, no doubt that Angus Og ofthe Isles, who succeeded his elder brother Alexander in 1303, marriedMargaret, daughter of Guy O'Cathan, anglicised O'Kaine, of Ulster, thetocher being, according to Hugh MacDonald the "Sleat Seannachaidh", sevenscore men out of every surname under O'Kain. Of these Irishmen, severalare said to have become the heads of clans or septs in Scotland, andamong them MacDonald specially mentions "the MUNROs, so-called becausethey came from the Innermost Roe-Water in the country of Derry, theirnames being formerly O'Millans"......
.....The author of the "Chronological Account" already quoted adds that"the people then being much addicted to call men patronimically, or fromthe places whence they came, always called Donald, O'Caan's son, DonaldMunro, and his successors MUNRO, as Irish wrytes yet extant testifie, andwere called in English and Latin "de Monro", and that in respect thatO'Caan's residence and castle was on the Ro water; and it is informed thesaid Donald called the place he took in Scotland "Foules", after a landso-called in Ireland, near Loch Foyle. It may be stated there is a "LoughFoyle" in County Derry into which the River Roe still empties itself, andthis may be said to lend a certain modicum of plausibility to thetradition which connects the ancestors of the Munros with that locality.
"The late well-known and distinguished author of "Celtic Scotland", Dr.W. F. Skene, discusses the subject in an earlier work in which heexpresses the opinion that the Munros came originally into Ross from theProvince of Moray. .......... The same high authority, after pointing outwhere the possessions of the Munros lie, says that their lands are knownin the Highlands by the name of "Fearann Donald", a name "derived fromthe progenitor Donald, who bore the patronymic O'Cain; but as theyoriginally formed a part of the tribe of Moray, it seems clear that theirearliest seats must have been in that part of Moray from which they weredriven out by the Bissets. "
Children of O'CATHAN (PRINCE OF FERMANAGH) are:
2. i. DONALD2 MUNRO, b. Bef. 1040, Ross-shire, Scotland; d. Abt. 1053,Ross-shire, Scotland.
ii. ANN MUNRO, m. ANGUSH MACDONALD (OF ISLA) ("LORD OF THE ISLES").
Sources
22. "Pedigree Resource File Disk," 16-20, Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-Day Saints.
71. Dianne E. Janis, 12/22/2000, early-MUNROs.txt, [Source: "History ofthe MUNROS of Fowlis, with the genealogies of the Principle Families ofthe Names, to which are added those of Lexington and New England" byAlexander MacKenzie, MJI, 1898].
Web sites on the family as well:
HISTORY:
<http://www.clan-munro-assoc.demon.co.uk/munros.htm>http://www.clan-munro-assoc.demon.co.uk/munros.htm
FOULIS CASTLE
http://www.tartans.com/clans/Munro/foulis.html
CLAN CHIEFS
http://www.clanmunroassoc.demon.co.uk/chief.htm
EULOGY for CAPTAIN PATRICK
http://www.tartans.com/clans/munro/patrickmunro.html
MONTGOMERY'S HIGHLANDERS
<http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/montgomery>http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/montgomery.htm
From Notes for O'CATHAN (PRINCE OF FERMANAGH) at
http://www.theknowltons.com/ps04/ps04_273.html
The Baronies of Ireland
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm
County Derry
Coleraine - Anciently contained the territory of Feara Li. The O'Mullanswere one of the chief septs under O'Cahan centered in the north of thisbarony. Coleraine was at one-time the name of the county (later, Derryand Londonderry).
Keenaght - The O'Connor of Glengiven (Dungiven) family here declined withthe rise of the O'Kanes in the 12th century. O'Cathain (O'Cahan or Kane)were chiefs of Keenaght of Dungiven (Glengiven) centered here. TheMacGilligans were one of the three chief septs under the O'Cahans, andMacGilligan's country was on the northern coast. O'Quinn is also cited asa chief of Moy Lugad, in Keenaght of Glengiven
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