The New York herald., 1878-11-23
Fourteen Centuries Of Chieftainship
in Unbroken Line.
CONTEMPORARIES OF MACBETH.
Lords Of the Fighting Scots and
Leaders of the Tribes.
MAC DUBLIN MAC CAILEAN CAMPBELL


mencement. take it. for narrative which reads
like fairy story than the sober array of facts
and marshallng of genealogies which it claims to be-
three different races, distinct from each other and
having rulers of their own, inhabited the goodly land
which we now call Scotand-the Scots, the Picts
and the Britons. Far in the misty north and exer
eising but little influence over the destines
OF the great continent from which they were
divided by stormy seas, they nevertheless fell
10 great extent under the colossal civxing power
whose imperial seat lay the distant Tiber Straight
and sure the military roads of the conquerors crep
mp through the southern portion OF the island Of
Britain; starting from Dover and Canterbury they
over hill and dale past the Tweed. past the
Cheviots. into the heart Of the land of the three
northern nations. As well attempt to avoid fate itself
as that road in its arrow flight There it
lies. close to the town Of Jedburgh that won
derful 'Watling street." in almost as good .
state when the stern legions laid it down and
marched 1t to further conquests Further on.
away north Of Edinburgh and Linthgow lie the
mains Of that stupendous fortifcaton and barrier.
the wall of Antonine. which the country
in its narrowest part from the Firth of Forth to the
Firth of Clyde and shut out the wild Highland tribes
from the conquered territory OF Rome. Beyond that
wall. northward, not even the might Of the Empire
could establish permanent footing.
Over the subdned lowlands of Caledonia the
Romans placed governors to make good their rule
and to impose their civilization. One of these gov
ernors in the fourth century of the Christian era
left the country and emigrated with q colony Of
Britons to France, where they settled The province
OF Brittany retains their descendants suppose and
their name. At the beginning of the fifth century
their people in the old country, finding
themselves deprived of the assistance Of the Roman
legions and harsssed by the inroads OF the Picts
and Scots sent to the colonsts asking for help and
Offering their king the sovereignty. The Brtoallic
monarch. probably preferring that the Channel
well US the wall OF Antonine should lie between him
and the Picts and Scots declined the hOnor but he
sent his Constantine with army, to the
In the year 404. Constantine came and remained
and his sons son was Arthur Of the Round Table
- Tho first Of all the kings who drew
The knightaood srrsnt Of this realm and all
THF AycIsToR OF THE HOUSE OF ARGYLL.
With Arthur of the Round Table, Prince Of the
6ilures, bulwark OF the Celtic nation against the
Saxon invader the gcneaogy OF tho house Of Argyll
ths royal house of England itself beat it, and
the further step necessary to the line through
Arthur the bards trace down long lime Of descend
ants to Disrmid ODwibhne, MacDwine, famed for
strength beauty bravery and goodness in the ancient
rHx xxcoRDs or THE BARps.
And here. by way Of checking the incredulous
suSsct Of pedpre. Of ,ne rs
searches" no says, ''by several learned Gaelic
scholars into these various traditions Of the bard
prove that remarkable fidelity with which they have
been transmitted from father 70 For many gen.
eraions they have been sung in the cheftains halls
ON al great occasions till every word was firmly xed
in the minds Of their hearers; and in many cases
these oral traditions have reached time with
fewer emendAtOns or additions than TO be found
in the different published editions Of most
teemed old authors"
From these bards. thcn the traditions Of the Clan
Diarmid from whose time eycrythins appears to bs
smooth sailing have brought down to posterity the
following names :-Constantine, son Of Constantine
of Brittany who came from France I04 died 40. and
succeeded by Aurclius Anbrosus. who, accord
ing to some able writer's, the builder Of Stone
henge and who died In the year AGO. Uther Pen
dragon, his brother, succeeded him. and. diving in
$40 was followed by Arthur of the Round Table His
first wife-to whom IL her name not as household
Well 10 it that child is born of thee--
s ss ss ."a sSr1 ss ss ass are % and
By his second wife. Elizabeth. daughter Of Childo-
bert. King OF the Franks. he had son. serviemore,
born in Dumbartonshirc. or him are told that he
preferred the pleasures Of the chase to the trammcls
or government and instead of occupying the throne
"Amid. Coslidh" Fool Of tho Forest.
This unappreciative prince. was contemporary
with ~ COLUMBIA, the celebrated Irish Christisn
missionary, who founded the island of Iona tho
year $685. religious establishment and y school of
disciples No traces of this holy mans edihces re-
main Norscnlan and Dane having destroyed them:
hut the cathedral. nunnery and chapel which on
their site in the twelfth century form famous arch
pologcal pilgrimage. Sinervicmorc was followed by
Fertilizer Uur or Dun. $50, and he by Dublin More,
6&G who took his from the clan Dublin. lie
was succeeded, snccessiycly. by Arthur dig Mac
the Red Haired 7s7: Fertilizer Finrug, the Parrish
lcd.' Sj7; Dublin Derg, the Dark Red" $780, and
Dublin Doun, the brown Haired" 0i; We come
above and reach with him the Arm ground OF history
and fact.
OF him told that he 10 Scotland in the
ninth century ~ Of the principal chiefains OF the
colonies sent to check the vasons OF the Danes and
Norwegans. After defeating the enemy he settled in
Argyllshre and the adjacent islands, and married
Grain, niece OF the great O'Ncil of Ireland. From
Diarmd MacDuibhn the Cainpbells were called
.'Sliochd Dhairrnd." or the ..Clan Dublin siol."
and to this day they are known the Clan Dhiar-
mid Opuibhn or MacDuibhn .srhe authority
for this appeiIston, says the author above quoted
docs not rest tradition alone but is supported by
charter stil in existence granted 1870 by King
David H., ~ Sir Archibald Campbell son and heir Of
bir Colin Campbell, of Loehow. which rsthes and
confirms all donations and alicnations OF the lands of
20 said Sir Colin wherever the same lye within any
part of Argyll. to be holden by him and his heirs in
as ample manner az his ancestor Duncan MacDwine
held his barony Of Lochow.' And In the Gaelic Ian
guage the family of Argyll and their descendants
still known by tho common denomination OF SioI or
slioeht Diarmid, the posterity and offspring of
DiArfnd."
rHK ORIGIN or cnEsT or rHx ARoxLLs.
The great DiArrnid not only transmitted 20 post rity
his blue blood. but gave IL the family crest or cognt-
of the Boar Head erased and lost his life in
consequence. Gknshic, In perthshrc, infested
by ali unusually largo boar ln attempting TO slay
him many had themselves been slain until Diarmid
prevailed against the monster but received from the
deadly tusks his mortal wound from which he died.
Diarniid was buried 10 tho Hospital of Glenshc.
wherc there afs two places known 10 this day by the
name OF "Icab-iiS turk !" or tho "Boars Bed. and
"cie Darn,id." or The Grave of Diarmid" Another
version Of the origin OF the boar's head crest
Is as follows :-Diarinaid, who was conquered
in battle was destroyed by stratsgcn Some OF his
enemies took bot with him that he could not
measure the length Of boar that ho had killed by
pacing its back against the bristlcs with his bare
so!es, which gave rise to the saying
Ioinhas n turc n nyhadh n fhrloghaln,
Measuring tho boar AZ ainst tho brIs.ics,
when any unlikely thing is proposed. He gained his
bet but II cost hiin his life the boars brises being
50 strong that lo bled to death. Around Disrnad
snd his wife 6rainne cluster many strange Highland
stories and traditions handed down from oi,tiry 10
century and firmly believed and known ainuun the
whole Celtic nation from tho south OF ireland 10 the
north OF scotland.
IliK QUESTIONS or rIoNS.
Granne. before her union with Diarmid was mar
ricd to FuiIn. having successfully answered series
Of questions which fionn In the habit OF propos.
Ing " those who wished to we'd him. lie would