 The most powerful clans on Skye in the post – Norse period were Clan MacLeod , originally based in Trotternish , and Clan Macdonald of Sleat . Following the disintegration of the Lordship of the Isles , the <unk> also emerged as an independent clan , whose substantial <unk> in Skye were centred on Strathaird . Clan <unk> also have a long association with Trotternish , and in the 16th century many of the <unk> clan moved to Sleat . The <unk> of South Uist were bitter rivals of the <unk> , and an attempt by the former to murder church @-@ <unk> at <unk> in retaliation for a previous massacre on <unk> , resulted in the Battle of the <unk> <unk> of <unk> . 
