Historian Stephen Boardman has attempted to debunk many of the worst stories about this family, whose founder legendarily died after standing on a boar's poisoned bristles.  
Historian Stephen Boardman has attempted to debunk many of the worst stories about this family, whose founder legendarily died after standing on a boar's poisoned bristles.  A drink called Prophecy is named for an old woman's prediction that this family's control over one territory would end with its one-eyed last member departing on a white horse.  A member of this family became Lord of Lorne in 1469.  This family controlled the collegiate church at Kilmun, but most of that building was destroyed by the rival (*) Lamonts during the Covenanting Wars.  Archibald from this family launched a failed invasion alongside the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion.  Most of the chiefs of this clan are buried in the Argyll Mausoleum.  Troops under the command of a member of this family broke the rules of hospitality and slaughtered their hosts in the 1692 Glencoe massacre.  For 10 points, name this Scottish clan, rivals of the MacDonalds.
Historian Stephen Boardman has attempted to debunk many of the worst stories about this family, whose founder legendarily died after standing on a boar's poisoned bristles.  
the Campbells [or Clan Campbell]