1954 - Special Collections

48 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CL AN GREGOR SOCIETY
and the tangled hills of Glen Shir ra and Glen Fyne. Th ey speak of the Southwestern
extremity of this Lake as its head. Loch Awe Station is at its foot near
Kilchurn Castle; nevertheless where MacGregor sits is the head of the table for the
foot of the Lake is lovelier than the head.
Glen Orchy's proud mountai n
Kilchurn and her towers
Glen Strae and Glen Lyon
No longer are ours.
(The W ar SOllg of The Regorla)
All day long the peaceful Lake slumbered in placid beauty, under the solemn sky,
a few tiny boat s and two litt le steamers swinging at anchors on its bosom.
All day long the shadows of clouds mingled with flocks of sunshine went
drift ing over the mounta ins. At nightfall two great flocks of sheep, each attende d
by a pensive shepherd, in his plaid, and each guided and managed by the wonderfull
y intelligent Collies that ar e a never failing delight in these mountain lands,
came slowly along the vale and presently vanished in Glen Strae,
Nothing broke the stillness but the sharp cry of the shepherd's dog, and the
sound of many cateracts, some hidden and some seen, that lapse into music and
fa ll into many a mass of shattered silver and flying sprays thr ough deep, rocky
ri ft s down the mountain side.
After sunset a cold wind came on to blow, and soon the heavens were clear
and the stars were mirrored in beautiful Loch Awe.
Such was the country owned by the MacGregors since the memory of man,
and one Barony, Glen-Orchy, was confirmed to him by King David I, sometime
between 1124-1152.
REFER E NCES OF SPECIAL INT EREST TO MEMBERS
OF CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY
SCOTTISH NOVELS
"The Point less K nife" a roman tic novel of the Scottish Highlanders, by Constance
W. Dodge. Of particular interest to MacGregors.
"The Scottish Chiefs," by Miss Jane Port er. A.D. 1871. Pub. in Phil a. by Porter
and Coates.
PICT URES
"Rob Roy-The Highland Rog ue," a Disney P roduction.
"Briqadoon;"
"Trouble lit Th e Glenn."
GE NEALOGICAL AND
HIST ORICAL REFERENCE S
"Peerage of Sco tland," Vol. 1 pub. in 1798, by Sir Robert Douglas. Contain ing
an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom, fr om
its ori gin to the present generation.
"O'Hart's Irish Pedigree," Vol. 2, p. 234-MacGregor Line. Also see Campbell.
"Alagna Charta," by John S. Wur ts. MacG rego rs have lines of descent from six
of the Barons : Hu gh Bigod, Sr.: H ugh Bigod, Jr. ; Richard de Clare; Gilbert
de Clare; W m. de Lanvaller ; Saire de Quincy.