Scottish Clan Profile

Clan MacIntyre

Mac an t-Saoir — “son of the carpenter or wright”
“Per ardua” · Through difficulties
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicMac an t-Saoir
Historic titleMacIntyre of Glenoe
HeartlandGlen Noe, Loch Etive
Plant badgeWhite heather

A clan of Loch Etive who held Glen Noe from the Campbells for centuries, traditionally for a snowball and a white calf each midsummer. They were hereditary pipers to the Menzies and to Clan Donald of Glencoe.

Ancestral seats

  • Glen Noe, Argyll

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Glen Noe, Loch Etive

The clan's ancestral glen on the north shore of Loch Etive.

Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace

Preserved 18th-century ironworks in MacIntyre country.

Also recorded as

McIntyreMacTierWright

Travelling to MacIntyre 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.

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