Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans

"Gifted with poesy as are the Highlanders, and given to the praise of their country and their leaders, it would be expected that many poems would still be extant concerning the MacLeans and their ancestral dominions," wrote John Patterson MacLean in his "A History of the Clan MacLean," These selections, collected and arranged by J.P. Maclean comprise part of Note C of MacLean's treatise (pp. 406-452), although they were written by different authors for different reasons. Dealing with incidents experienced by the MacLeans throughout their long history this highland poetry reveals, in ways the historical narrative cannot, the feeling behind the actions of the MacLeans and the reactions to their activities.

By : John Patterson MacLean (1848 - 1939)

00 - Introduction 01 - The Isle of Mull 02 - The Last Harper o' Mull 03 - Chieftain Maclean 04 - Maclean's Child: A Legend of Lochbuie 05 - Maclean's Child (MacKay) 06 - Wild Revenge 07 - Maclean's Child (Lorn) 08 - Callum o'the Glen 09 - Inch Kenneth 10 - Nine Noted Chiefs of MacLean 11 - War Song of Lachlan, High Chief of Maclean 12 - Coronach on Sir Lachlan, Chief of Maclean 13 - The Lady of Duard's Vengeance 14 - Burial of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean 15 - The Battle of Knockbreck 16 - MacLean's Welcome to Prince Charlie 17 - Gathering of the Clan 18 - The Isle of Inch Kenneth 19 - A Lay of Clan MacLean 20 - Courtship of Hector MacLean 21 - Glenara 22 - The Lady of the Rock