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of Ross, and known as the " Green Abbot " ; he belonged 

 to the powerful Applecross family of lay abbots, from 

 whom the O'Beolan Earls of Ross sprang. A grandson 

 of the " Green Abbot " was Patrick O'Beolan, the " Red 

 Priest," who had Carloway and the Church lands in Lewis 

 as part of his possessions. When the Lewismen set out 

 on the campaign which terminated at the battle of Harlaw, 

 the "Red Priest" accompanied Torquil and Tormod, 

 the sons of Roderick Macleod, with one " Lochluinn 

 MacGillemhaoil"; and these four "went out of the army 

 before any part of the main force with them." The 

 Macleods survived Harlaw, but their companions were 

 killed. A daughter of the " Red Priest " became either 

 the concubine or the hand-fast wife of Alexander, Earl 

 of Ross, and their son, Hugh of Sleat (according to 

 MacVurich), got as a portion of his patrimony the third 

 part of Lewis. Hugh of Sleat married, as his first wife, a 

 daughter of Macian of Ardnamurchan, by whom he had a 

 son, John, who became his heir and successor. His second 

 wife was a daughter of Macleod of Harris, and his son by 

 this wife was consequently known as Donald Heroch. 

 Another son by a daughter of the Coroner of Caithness, 

 named Gunn, was called Donald Gallich, or the stranger, 

 from being brought up by his mother's people in Caith- 

 ness. After the death of Hugh of Sleat, Donald Gallich's 

 mother married Torquil Macleod of Lewis. Both Donald 

 Heroch and Donald Gallich were murdered through the 

 instrumentality of their half-brother Gillespic, or Archibald, 

 who afterwards suffered for the crime. Donald Gallich 

 left a son, Donald Gruamach (the grim), whose son by 

 Catriona of the ClanRanald was the first Donald Gorm 

 (the illustrious) of Sleat. We shall meet Donald Gruamach 

 and Donald Gorm later on. 



The claims of the Sleat family to Uist were well founded. 

 By a charter dated 28th June, 1449, John of the Isles con- 

 veyed a grant of lands in Uist and Benbecula to his brother 

 Hugh, the names of Ruari Macleod of Lewis and William 

 Macleod of Glenelg appearing as witnesses. This grant 



