This Article Needs To Be Written. Below Are The Facts That Have Been Collected
- Second Chief
- By 1249 he adopted the name MacLean and made it the clan name
- Fought at the battle of Largs
- signed the Ragman Roll as Gillemoir Macilyn in 1296, swearing fealty to Edward I of England
- May have been adpted
- Malise mac Gilleain, AKA: Gillemor Macilean
- Gillean's adopted son Malise took the name Gillemor ("Giles the Great") in 1263 and wrote his name as "Gillemor Mcilean ("Giles the Great, son of Little Giles"), Count of Perth" on the third Ragman Roll of 1296. This is the first instance of the name being used and gives credence to the theory that it is a patronymic for the clan's founder. Gillean Fitzgerald led his followers against the Norsemen at the Battle of Largs in 1263 during the Scottish-Norwegian War where the Scottish were victorious.
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