page_title: Clan MacIntyre
section_title: Clan profile
hierarchical_section_title: Clan MacIntyre / Clan profile
caption_attribution_description: English: Ben Cruachan, seen from Meall Cunanail. Contains a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in an underground cavern. Taken by User:Grinner on the 2nd July, 2005.
context_page_description: Clan MacIntyre is a Highland Scottish clan. The name MacIntyre, means "son of the carpenter" Although no documented history of the clan exists, it is most commonly said to descend from Maurice Mac Neil a nephew of Somerled, the great 12th century leader of the Scottish Gaels. Through an ingenious strategy, Maurice secured the marriage of Somerled to the daughter of the King of Mann and the Isles, thus greatly increasing Somerled's territories. At an unknown date the clan journeyed from the Hebrides to the Scottish mainland where the chiefs established their home at Glen Noe, in Ardchattan Parish, on the east side of Loch Etive.
  The earliest recorded clan chiefs do not emerge until the 17th century. According to tradition, they had held the land at Glen Noe for centuries, although subject to a feudal tenure converted to money rent in later years. In 1806, however, the chief was forced to relinquish the tenancy of Glen Noe due to inability to meet the payments. He and his family subsequently emigrated to the United States.
context_section_description: Chief: Donald Russell MacIntyre of Glenoe Chief of the Name and Arms of MacIntyre,
  Arms: A coat of arms consisting of a shield divided into quarters. In the upper left and lower right quarter, a red eagle, its wings outstretched. The upper right quarter shows a ship with furled sails, while in the lower left quarter a red hand grasps a blue cross. A cow, standing on two hooves, appears on either side of the shield. The shield is surmounted by a silver helmet above which there is a hand grasping a dagger.|Coat of arms of the chief of Clan MacIntyre.
  Motto: Per ardua (Through hardship or difficulty).
  War Cry: "Cruachan" (A mountain, Ben Cruachan, near Loch Awe).
  Pipe Music: "We Will Take The Good Old Way" (Scottish Gaelic: Gabhaidh Sinn An Rathad Mór).
  Plant Badge: White Heather.
caption: "Cruachan" (A mountain, Ben Cruachan) is the traditional MacIntyre war cry
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