Scope and Contents The manuscript was written by Niall MacMhuirich circa 1658 (folio 6 verso). A portion (National Museum of Scotland MCR, volume 39, pages 11-16) of Niall MacMhuirich’s Clanranald history, for which Adv.MS.72.1.50 is probably a source-book, was laid up with the manuscript until 1896, when it was gifted by the Advocates’ Library to Clanranald. A copy of the material, made by Donald MacPherson in 1874 (National Library of Scotland Acc.2543, folio 21), was added to the present manuscript as...