Clan MacRae
Known as 'MacKenzie's shirt of mail' for their service as bodyguards and constables of Eilean Donan. It was Lieutenant-Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap who rebuilt the ruined castle between 1912 and 1932.
Ancestral seats
- Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie
Where to walk in their footsteps
Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.
Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie
Rebuilt by a MacRae; a war memorial to the clan stands beside it.
Clachan Duich, Kintail
MacRae burial ground at the head of Loch Duich.
Also recorded as
McRaeMacCraeMacCreaRaeTravelling to MacRae country
Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.