1. Today the modern Clan Macfie is alive with nine associated clan societies located around the world.
18 Facts About Clan Macfie
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The 19th-century historian W F Skene, stated that members of Clan Macfie were the ancient inhabitants of Colonsay.
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Clan Macfie wrote that the clan was one of the seven clans of Siol Alpin, and that "their genealogy, which is preserved in the manuscript of 1450, evinces their connexion by descent with the Macgregors and Mackinnons".
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Sellar wrote that according to later Gaelic tradition, Dubside, ancestor of Clan Macfie, fostered Aonghas Mor, Lord of Islay.
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Clan Macfie was one of the principal leaders in Macdonald's rebellion against the Government, who had promised Islay to the Campbells.
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For several years both Colla Ciotach and the Clan Macfie chief lived on Colonsay, with Colla Ciotach residing at Kiloran and Clan Macfie at Dun Eibhinn.
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Finally, in 1623, Malcolm Clan Macfie was chased from Colonsay and pursued to Eilean nan Ron.
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In 1968, Earle Douglas MacPhee of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada started a movement to have the Clan Macfie officially registered with the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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On 10 May 1977, the Macfie Standing Stone on Balaruminmore on Colonsay was dedicated as a memorial to the last chief of the clan, who was executed against it in 1623.
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In May 1981, Clan Macfie was formally recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms and later in November of that year, Earle MacPhee was appointed as Commander of Clan Macfie by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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In March 2008, the Lord Lyon gave permission for Clan Macfie to convene an ad hoc derbhfine to choose a successor to McPhie, who had by then decided to step down.
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The origin of name Clan Macfie is from the Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshithe, which means "son of Duibhshith".
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The name Clan Macfie is rendered as Mac a' Phi in modern Scottish Gaelic.
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The crest badge of Clan Macfie contains as a crest: a demi lion rampant, proper.
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Clan Macfie badges consisted of plants which were worn on a bonnet or attached to a pole or spear.
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Clan badges attributed to Clan Macfie include: scots pine, attributed to all seven of the clans of Siol Alpin; oak, attributed to Clan Cameron; crowberry, attributed to Clan Maclean and Clan Cameron.
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The clan's official "Clan Macfie Tartan" was registered in the Books of the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms on 29 August 1991.
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Clan Macfie has historical links with other clans, such as Clan Cameron.