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MACDONALD OF KEPPOCH M-((S2x32)+(R2x32)) Sq. set
Chris Ronald RSCDS Book 49
1- 6
1s+3s dance 6 bars of R&Ls (Men dance polite turn) to finish in centre
B-to-B with partner facing sides (1L-2L, 1M-4M, 3L-4L, 3M-2M)
7- 8
All set
9-16
All dance reels of 4 across, finishing with 1s+3s up/down in centre,
Ladies facing each other with partners behind them
17-24
1s+3s dance reel of 4, Ladies pass RSh to begin and therefore all pass
LSh at ends, finishing in original places facing partner
25-26
All set
27-30
All turn partner 1¼ RH into promenade hold facing anti-clockwise
31-32
All promenade one place anti-clockwise
Repeat in strathspey time and then twice in reel time
The title of the dance refers to the clan of which the Ronald family is a sept.
The MacDonalds of Keppoch are descended from Alistair Carrach Macdonald who was a younger son of Good John
of Islay, Lord of the Isles, 6
th
chief of Clan Donald and his second wife Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert
II of Scotland.
Septs of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch include the following:
Alexander, Sanderson, MacGillivantic, MacGilp, Macglasrich, MacKillop, MacPhilip, Philipson, Ronald, Ronaldson.
The family of MacRanald - a very ancient, rare name - now mainly spelled McReynolds, was also a branch of the
Keppoch’s.
The MacDonalds of Keppoch were without a chief for over 150 years until the 13th September 2006 when Ranald
Alasdair MacDonald was acknowledged as the lawful chief by the Lyon Court, following a 30 year fight for the
right to use the ancient title of Mac Mhic Raonuill.