▁not ▁surv ive , ▁D ual d ▁Mac ▁Fir bis , ▁in ▁his ▁Le ab har ▁na ▁n G ene al ach , ▁tells ▁us ▁in ▁his ▁pedig ree ▁of ▁the ▁Mac D onn ells ▁the ▁following : ▁ ▁The ▁passage ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁state ▁incorrectly ▁that ▁the ▁Mac D onn ells ▁had ▁by ▁ 1 6 4 9 ▁been ▁in ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁Gl ens ▁of ▁An trim ▁for ▁ 2 2 7 ▁years , ▁but ▁above ▁we ▁are ▁provided ▁with ▁our ▁only ▁surv iving ▁mention ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁a ▁tradition ▁current ▁in ▁Ireland ▁some ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁before ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 th ▁century . ▁D ual d ▁Mac ▁Fir bis ▁reported ▁pedig rees ▁and ▁trad itions ▁as ▁he ▁found ▁them ▁and ▁so ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁his ▁own ▁spec ulation . ▁Without ▁offering ▁an ▁opinion ▁on ▁this ▁claim ▁of ▁Greek ▁orig ins , ▁John ▁O ' Don ovan ▁wonder ed ▁if ▁this ▁should ▁really ▁mean ▁( to ▁Scotland ▁with ) ▁William ▁the ▁Lion , ▁it ▁being ▁the ▁well ▁known ▁case ▁that ▁the ▁Scottish ▁king ▁brought ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Norman ▁families ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁Scotland , ▁from ▁ 1 1 7 4 , ▁following ▁his ▁capt ivity ▁in ▁England . ▁In ▁fact ▁the ▁first ▁known ▁By set ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁Hen ric us ▁By set , ▁witness ed ▁a ▁char ter ▁by ▁William ▁circa ▁ 1 1 9 8 . ▁But ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁importance , ▁as ▁the ▁family ▁are ▁typically ▁class ed ▁as ▁Norman ▁in ▁any ▁case