Logan Name

MacLENNAN, LOGAN
NAME ON MAP: MacGILL'INNEIN (in GAELIC ) (in the old county of) Ross and Cromarty MEANING: `son of (St.) Fillan's servant'. The Lowland Logans (not shown) derived their name from Logan in Ayrshire. For the Highland Logans it is necessary to have recourse to a clan legend; apparently the Frasers killed Gilligorm the chief of a small clan in Easter Ross and broke the bones of his young son. Crotair `hunchback' MacGilligorm grew up and was nicknamed Lobhaireacan `stunted', thus Logan. He migrated west to Kintail and became a priest, dedicating his son to St. Fillan. CELTIC priests were allowed to marry and the story might just be true.