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Mcolean Surname Definition:
MCOLEAN: From Mac a Leathainn, a common pronunciation of Mac Gill' Sheathainn, i. e. Maclean. Patrick M'olane was a witness in Glenurquhay in 1551, Donald M'Olean is in record in Wester Ledchrosk in 1638, and John M'Inlay V'Oleane in Kirktoun was a Glenurquhay vassal in the same year (BBT.
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MCOLEAN: From Mac a Leathainn, a common pronunciation of Mac Gill' Sheathainn, i. e. Maclean. Patrick M'olane was a witness in Glenurquhay in 1551, Donald M'Olean is in record in Wester Ledchrosk in 1638, and John M'Inlay V'Oleane in Kirktoun was a Glenurquhay vassal in the same year (BBT., p. 205,401, 403). The name now probably extinct.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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