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Campbell of The Yukon - An Appeal to Glen Residents Past & Present

The McGregors of Roro - Glen Lyon History Society talk 13 January 2007

Glen Lyon History Society Formed

Mhari's Vision

Fortingall Surnames

Tales of Glen Lyon - MacIvor

When David Stewart of Garth was collecting material for his book ‘Sketches of the Highlanders’ in the early 19th century, Archibald Macdiarmid of Roro, Glen Lyon sent him two traditional tales which had been told up the Glen. One Stewart used in the book in a truncated form & that was the tale of the battle between the Stewarts of Garth and the MacIvors.

Tales from Glen Lyon - The Grim Shoemaker

The other, the Grim Shoemaker, he did not use. It does not seem to appear in print anywhere, and when it was published recently in Comment that was probably the first time that it had been related for 150 years.

Tobacco Barons at Meggernie Castle

For many years the Wills family was in possession of this estate at the top of Glen Lyon.  Here, in a newspaper article from 1937, the origins of the family's wealth and influence are traced.

A Day In Glen Lyon

from 'The Lady' Magazine November 1959