Scottish Clan Profile

Clan MacNab

Mac an Aba — “son of the abbot”
“Timor omnis abesto” · Let fear be far from all
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicMac an Aba
Historic titleThe MacNab
HeartlandGlen Dochart & Loch Tay
Plant badgeStone bramble

Descended from the hereditary abbots of Glen Dochart, the MacNabs held the head of Loch Tay. Their burial island, Innis Bhuidhe, sits in the River Dochart at Killin.

Ancestral seats

  • Kinnell House, Killin
  • Bovain, Glen Dochart

Where to walk in their footsteps

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

Falls of Dochart, Killin

Free public viewpoint from the bridge, looking onto the clan burial island of Innis Bhuidhe.

Glen Dochart, Perthshire

The clan's ancestral glen, running west from Killin to Crianlarich.

Also recorded as

McNabMacNabbAbbot

Travelling to MacNab 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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