I have been enjoying Neil Oliver's series of programmes, A History of Scotland, and particularly the episode about my distant ancestor, Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. The Open University has an excellent website for the programmes. During our holiday on Skye last summer, we visited the Clan Donald Centre, which incorporates the inspiring Museum of the Isles and a modern Library and Study Centre. We made some initial enquiries about a more recent ancestor, Ebenezer MacDonald, and hope to return some time to pursue this line of enquiry.
MacDonald resources
- Museum of the Isles (guide) - lavishly illustrated. It contains a number of poems.
- The Lords of the Isles by Raymond C. Paterson
- Glencoe by John Prebble
- The Massacre of Glencoe by John Buchan
- Scottish poets (Times online), including Kathleen Jamie and Sorley MacLean
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Family history is time consuming Caroline but so exciting, particularly when you come across a famous relative.
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