Clan MacBain
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MacBain Clan Crest
MacBain
Gaelic Name: MacBheathain
Motto: Touch Not A Catt Bot A Targe
Badge: Red whortleberry or Boxwood
Lands: Dores, Inverness-shire
Origin of Name: Son of Beatham
Clan Chief: James McBain of McBain
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Clan History
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MacBain History
There are several possible Gaelic origins for this name but the most likely is bheathain which means lively one. This could also have been renderd as Mac ic Bheatha which means MacBeth, a name which was very important in early Scottish history. When King Malcolm II of Scotland removed the MacBeth line from the Scottish throne, his power was constantly challenged by the powerful Scottish noble families of Moray.
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MacBain Lands
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