According to a history of the clan Maclean published in 1838 by "a Sennachie", the clan is traced up to Fergus I of Scotland, and from him back to an Aonghus Turmhi Teamhrach, "an ancient monarch of Ireland". Gillean with the axe, from the dexterous manner in which he wielded that weapoin in battle, and his descendants bear a battle-axe in their crest. Their progenitor, however, according to Celtic tradition, was one Gillean or Gill-eoin, a name signifying the young man, or the servant or follower of John, who lived so early as the beginning of the 5th century. "Speed and other English historians derive the genealogy of the Fitzgeralds from Seignior Giralde, a principal officer under William the Conqueror". The origin of the clan has been much disputed according to Buchanan and other authorities it is of Norman or Italian origin, descended from the Fitzgeralds of Ireland. The clan Gillean of the Macleans is a clan included by Mr Skene under the head of Moray. Edited for Wikipedia by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) and loaded here on September 30, 2009. John Patterson MacLean (1889) A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, etc.
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Gillean of the Battle Axe had three sons: Malise mac Gilleain, 2nd Clan Chief Bristi mac Gilleain and Gillebride mac Gilleain. On the evening of the same day his friends discovered the head of the battle-ax above the bush, and found its owner, with his arms round the handle, stretched, in a state of insensibility, on the ground." For three days he wandered about, unable to recover his route, and on the fourth, exhausted by fatigue, he entered a cranberry bush, where, fixing the handle of his battle axe in the earth, he laid himself down.
The following anecdote is related of him, which probably accounts for the origin of the Maclean crest, which consists of a battle-ax between a laurel and cypress branch, and is still used on the coat of-arms: "He was on one occasion engaged, with other lovers of the chase, in a stag-hunt on the mountain of Bein 'tsheata, and having wandered from the rest of the party in pursuit of game, the mountain became suddenly covered with a heavy mist, and he lost his way. He was known as Gilleain na Tuaighe, from his carrying, as his ordinary weapon and constant companion, a battle axe. Gilleain flourished around the year 1250. He is considered the 1st chief of Clan Maclean. Gillean of the Battle Axe, or Gilleain na Tuaighe in Scottish Gaelic, (flourished 1250's) is the eponymous ancestor of Clan Maclean and Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie.
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