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unusual facts about Matad, Earl of Atholl



Causantín, Earl of Fife

His name occurs as a witness, alongside bishops John of Glasgow, Robert of St Andrews, Cormac of Dunkeld, Gregoir of Moray, Mac Bethad of Rosemarkie, and mormaers Máel Ísu of Strathearn, Ruadrí of Mar, Matad of Atholl, as well as his kinsman, Gille Míchéil, chief of Clann meic Duib and others.

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

He then involved himself in a private war with the Grants and the Mackintoshes, who were assisted by the Earls of Atholl and Moray; and on 8 February 1592 he set fire to Moray's castle of Donibristle in Fife, and stabbed the earl to death with his own hand.

Matad

Matad has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Red Bay Castle

The Bissett family were forfeited of their lands in Scotland and fled for their lives to Ireland after Walter de Bisset was accused of the murder of Patrick, Earl of Atholl, at Haddington, East Lothian in 1242.


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