The Scottish surname MacEwen derives from the Old Gaelic Mac Eoghainn , meaning 'the son of Eoghann '. The name is found today in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. Because it was widely used before its spelling was standardised, the modern name has several common variations.
15-547: (Redirected from McEwan ) MacEwen , MacEwan , McEwen , or McEwan may refer to: People [ edit ] MacEwen (surname) Places [ edit ] Castle MacEwen , Argyll, Scotland MacEwan, Edmonton , a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada MacEwan Glen , a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada McEwen, Oregon , an unincorporated community in
30-462: A Commander and has petitioned the Lord Lyon to have his arms and Chieftainship recognized; if successful, this would return this branch of the clan to full Clan society status after about 500 years as an armigerous clan . Clan Ewen of Otter Clan Ewen of Otter ( Scottish Gaelic : Clann Eóghain na h-Oitrich ), was a Scottish clan which once controlled the area around Kilfinan on
45-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MacEwen (surname) The earliest attested use is by a Malcolm MacEwen, who witnessed a charter in 1174. The surname occurs in a number of prominent families throughout Scottish history. Although author R. S. T. MacEwen claimed that all these families, with variant spellings of the surname indicating possible differing origins, probably originated in Clan Ewen of Otter ,
60-594: The MacSweens who left Scotland to settle in Ireland in the 14th century. From this descent, these clans claim a further descent from the legendary Niall Noigíallach , High King of Ireland , who lived from the mid 4th century to the early 5th century. The only genealogy to survive regarding Clan Ewen of Otter, is the so-called MS 1467 , now held in the National Library of Scotland . The Gaelic manuscript
75-585: The Barony of Otter to his feudal lord, King James . The king restored Swene to his title, but designated Gillespie Campbell (heir to Duncan Campbell of Lochow) as heir to the Barony of Otter. When Swene died in 1493, the barony passed into the hands of the Campbells. Since the death of Swene the line of chiefs of the MacEwens of Otter has been untraced, however according to tradition, a MacEwen clan arrived in
90-598: The Cowal peninsula in Argyll . Clan Ewen of Otter claimed descent from Donnsleibhe, who was said to be a descendant of an Irish prince of the O'Neill dynasty named Ánrothán Ua Néill, who left Ireland for Kintyre in the 11th century. He was a son of Áed, son of Flaithbertach Ua Néill , King of Ailech and Cenél nEógain , died 1036. There are several other Argyll clans which claim a descent from this prince— Clan Lamont , Clan Maclachlan , Clan MacNeil of Barra , and also
105-537: The MacEwens of Otter as a branch of the MacSweens, and thus descended from Dugald, son of Suibne (who is thought to have left his name to one of the oldest stone castles in Scotland—; Castle Sween ). Another origin suggested by earlier writers posited descent from the 13th-century Ewen Mac Dunslebhe, whose brother Fearchar is the ancestor of Clan Lamont. However, there is no obvious reason to doubt that
120-971: The United States McEwen, Tennessee , a city in the United States Division of McEwen , an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria Other [ edit ] MacEwan University , a university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada MacEwan station , a light rail station serving the university McEwan Pratt , a British locomotive manufacturer from 1905 to 1914 McEwan Pratt Petrol Railcar , type of railcar in New Zealand McEwens , former department store in Perth, Scotland Macewen's operation , operation for
135-540: The clan took its name from the Ewen listed in the genealogy of MS1467 above. This would date the foundation of the Clan Ewen of Otter to the first half of the fourteenth century. The chiefs of the clan lived at Otter, on Loch Fyne. Their castle, ' MacEwen Castle ' was located on the rocky shore of the loch, near Kilfinan. Ruins of the castle are still present in the area. In March 1432, Swene MacEwen resigned his title to
150-527: The cure of inguinal hernia, developed by Scottish surgeon Sir William Macewen (1864–1924) Macewen's sign , sign used to help to diagnose hydrocephalus (accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid) and brain abscesses McEwan's , a beer produced by the Caledonian brewery See also [ edit ] Clan Ewen of Otter Clan MacEwen Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
165-574: The geographic distribution of the variants MacEwan and MacEwen in the 1881 UK census, it becomes apparent that the MacEwen variant mainly occurred in the extreme northeast in Kirkwall, and at a lesser density in the adjacent Inverness shire. By contrast MacEwan occurred almost exclusively in the southwest in Paisley (around Argyll). There is no overlap of the distributions, with neither name appearing in
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#1732773198259180-470: The history is more complex. The name has varied heraldic traditions, reflecting the various origins. The first MacEwen armiger was granted arms in 1743, and his achievement reflects his family's origins in Clan MacDougall . However a second grant of arms in the name made in 1793 to William MacEwan of Glenboig, displays Cameron symbolism in both its crest and its central charge. If one looks at
195-555: The intervening Perth shire. Variants such as McEwan and McEwen are mainly in Perth and more southerly regions of Scotland, perhaps suggesting that these forms arose as people moved in more recent times. There are three versions of MacEwen tartan, the first of which is listed in Vestiarium Scoticum as Farquharson . As of 2019, there are several recognized lineages. One society of Clan MacEwen in Scotland has elected
210-466: The title MacEwen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MacEwen&oldid=1224444602 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Short description
225-601: Was written in 1467 and contains the genealogies of many Scottish clans. Unfortunately the MacEwen genealogy is practically unreadable in places. The MS 1467 was uncovered by W. F. Skene in the early 19th century, who transcribed and translated it. The following is his translated transcription for the MacEwens of Otter: Walter son of, John son of, Ewen son of, Gillespic son of, --- son of, --- son of, Saveran son of, Dunslebhe son of, Aeda Alain called Buirche son of, Anradam son of, Flaherty. Contradicting Skene's transcription ( above ), Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll , considered
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