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SCOTTISH CLAN
TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - MALCOLM
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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Malcolm Malcolm Clan Tattoos - The Maccallums derive their name from 'Mac Ghille Chaluim', 'son of the disciple of Columba". They settled in Lorn, probably towards the end of the 13th century. 'Maol', or 'shavenhead', became synonymous in Gaelic for 'monk', and thus 'Maol Chaluim' can also be translated as 'monk' or 'disciple of Columba'. The historian Dr. Ian Grimble challenges the thesis that Maccallum and Malcolm are simply interchangeable versions of the same name, asserting his work, Scottish Clans and Tartans, that the colm was common throughout all the areas of Celtic settlement.
The Reverend Archibald Maccallum, translator of parts of the bible into Gaelic, succeeded his cousin to become the fourth Laird of Poltalloch in1642. His son, Zachary, the fifth of Poltalloch, was a noted swordsman who had been educated at St.Andrews University. Zachary also succeeded to the estates of Corbarron, which were left to him by a kinsman. Neil Maccallum , son of Zachary's younger brother, Duncan, served in the French navy, and was repiuted to be the natural father of the Marquis de Montcalm, who was later to defend Quebec against what may have been his own kin.The Highland regiments scaled the Heights of Abraham, defeated the Montcalm forces and ended French rule in Canada.
Clan Malcolm Motto: In Ardua Tendit See also: Claddagh, Thistle Tattoos, Scottish Lion Tattoo Designs, Welsh Dragon Tattoos, Scottish Tattoo Designs, Celtic Tattoo Designs, Family Crests
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