Clan MacFarlane
Clan MacFarlane (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Phàrlain [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈfaːrˠl̪ˠɛn]) is a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the medieval Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Vorlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh.
| Clan MacFarlane | |||
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| Clann Phàrlain | |||
| Motto | This I'll defend | ||
| War cry | Loch Slòigh ("The Loch of the Host") | ||
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| Region | Highland | ||
| District | Argyll | ||
| Pipe music | The MacFarlane's Gathering, Thogail nam Bó | ||
| Clan MacFarlane no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
| Chief (Mac a' Bhàirling or MacPhàrlain) | |||
| Historic seat | Arrochar | ||
| Last Chief | William MacFarlane, 20th Clan Chief | ||
| Died | 1866 | ||
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The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, (particularly those of Clan Colquhoun), and as such a full moon became known locally as "MacFarlane's Lantern". The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767. Since 1866 the chiefship has been dormant, no one having claimed or obtained rematriculation of the Chief Arms making Clan MacFarlane a supposed armigerous clan.