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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.