Martin Mhic Paul

• Preferred Name: Martin Mhic Paul^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• 1467+Manuscipt: with note: Description: The 1467 Manuscript of genealogy of Clan Gillander contains the name of Martin Mhic Paul. The genealogy was part of a charter from William III, Earl of Ross to Paul MacTyre, a "cousin" -- linked with the Earls of Ross at Gillandrias and earlier in time with Gillion of Aird. McKenzie History by Alexander McKenzie equates Gillion of Aird with King Bjolan "Beolan"of the Viking Saga. The Applecross Historical Society Director, Ian MacKenzie, writes that O"Beolan was of the Viking saga, raised from Chamberlain to Chief Abbot, and repaired the damage to the castles near the farms.
  
• Birth: 1082 in Applecross, Highland, Scotland at LATI: N7.4167 LONG: E5.8167 with note: estimate
  
• FSID: GSWM-N7S
  
• Death: 1140 in North Argyle, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E5.25
  

1. Gillanrias O'Beolan, b. 1110 in Ross-shire, Scotland     d. 1170 in Ross-shire, Scotland

1. Title: Modern translation, Clan Gillander genealogy, "www.1467manuscript.co.uk/kindred%2014.html."
   Publication: Name: http://www.1467manuscript.co.uk/kindred%2014.html;
   
2. Title: Ancestry of Farquhard, Earl of Ross, "MacKenzie History" - photocopy
   Author: History of the MacKenzies by Alexander McKenzie, 1879, with a table of the ancestry of the Earls of Ross, combined with two other related Clans.
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/historymackenzi00mackgoog/page/n64;
   Note: Page 39 Comments: Possible missing generation. The genealogy table of ancestry has Gillanrias as grandfather of Farquhar Earl of Ross. But that is not the whole story. Mackenzie says Earl Gillandrys/Gillandres -- not on the graph but in his narrative -- could be grandfather or great grandfather. That means another generation. Gillanreas and Earl Gillandres/Gillandrys, 1 of 6 Celtic Earls, could be one as the great grandparent. The graph of genealogy is from a very old charter solid from Gillanrias back to Gillion of Aird. I think great grandfather for Gillanrias better fits the dates and events. Of interest Wikipedia about Clan Gillander says that one of the early names has been identified. In addition, the name Ciarmac appears in Ireland on the line in 696 with a descendent of King Bjolan and Kadlin.
   
3. Title: Generations of Gillion of Aird, "Clan Gillander, Wikipedia"
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Gillanders;
   Note: Very good information on Clan Gillanders genealogy with graphs and names. One correction: The 1140 date may refer to Earl Gillandres, active 1160, one of six Celtic Earls, and not Gillion of Aird quite a few generations earlier.
   Page: Ancsestry
   
4. Title: Ancient Maormors of Ross, "MacKenzie History"
   Author: See link
   Publication: Name: http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html;
   Note: The district of Ross is often mentioned in the Norse Sagas along with the other parts of the country then governed by Maormors or Jarls, and Skene in his earlier work says that it was only on the downfall of those of Moray that the chiefs of Ross appear prominent in historical records, the Maormors of Moray being in such close proximity to them and so great in power and influence that the less powerful Maormor of Ross held only a comparatively subordinate position, and his name was in consequence seldom or never associated with any of the great events of that early period in Highland history. It was only after the disappearance of those district potentates that the chiefs appear under the appellation of Comites or Earls. That most, if not all, of these earls were the descendants of the ancient maormors there can be little doubt, and the natural presumption in this instance is strengthened by the fact that all the old authorities concur in asserting that the Gaelic name of the original Earls of Ross was O'Beolan - a corruption of Gilleoin, or Gillean, na h`Airde - or the descendants of Beolan. "And we actually find," says the same authority, "from the oldest Norse Saga connected with Scotland that a powerful chief in the North of Scotland named O'Beolan, married the daughter of Ganga Rolfe, or Rollo, the celebrated pirate who became afterwards the celebrated Earl of Normandy." If this view is well-founded the ancestor of the Earls of Ross was chief in Kintail as early as the beginning of the tenth century.