Books of Clanranald

The Books of Clanranald are two paper manuscripts that date to about the early 18th century.

The books are written in Classical Gaelic,[1] and are best known for their traditional account of the history of Clan Donald.

In fact, the manuscript may be partly derived from the red book of tradition.

This manuscript was compiled by several people, but the history within this work was written by Christopher Beaton, a member of the Beaton learned family, who appears to have been employed by the family of the Earls of Antrim.

[1][2] David Sellar, who was the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, stated that both books date from the late 17th and early 18th centuries.