History of the Clan Macrae

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John Roy, Grandson of Hector Roy Mackenzie

See The Connection of the Macraes with the House of Gairloch

In 1494 Hector Roy received a grant of Gairloch by charter from the Crown, but it was not until the time of his grandson, John Roy (1566-1628) that the Macleods were finally expelled, and the supremacy of the Mackenzies fully established.

One of the Gairloch Macraes, called Domhnull Odhar (Sallow Donald), who was a contemporary of John Roy, is represented as the crest of the Gairloch coat-of-arms.  The Macraes were also very renowned archers, and the scene and range of some of their famous shots are still pointed out, both in Gairloch and Kintail.