Scottish clan clan) this led to territorial disputes and warfare. The "fine" resented their clansmen paying rent to other landlords. Some clans used disputes to expand their territories. Most notably, the Clan Campbell and the Clan Mackenzie were prepared to play off territorial disputes within and among clans to expand their own land and influence. Feuding on the western seaboard was conducted with such intensity that the Clan MacLeod and the Clan MacDonald on the Isle of Skye were reputedly reduced to eating dogs and cats in the 1590s. Feuding was further compounded by the involvement of Scottish clans in the wars
Clan Macnab Clan Macnab Clan Macnab is a Highland Scottish clan. The name Macnab is derived from the Scottish Gaelic "Mac An Aba", which means "child of the abbot". According to tradition the progenitor of the clan was "Abraruadh" who was the Abbot of Glen Dochart and Strathearn. Abraruadh was allegedly a younger son of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king of Scots. (See: Siol Alpin). Abraruadh was also descended from Fergus, king of Dál Riata and a nephew of Saint Fillan, who was the founder of the monastery in Glen Dochart in the seventh century. One of the earliest records of the