Our McCreaths are a sept of the Clan MacRae, whose ancestral home is Eilean Donan Castle.
Eilean Donan is located where three lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh. The castle was destroyed by the British Royal Navy in 1719 during the third of the Jacobite Risings. The ruinous castle was purchased and rebuilt during 1912-1932, by Lt.-Col. John Macrae-Gilstrap. Its beauty, and spectacular setting, has made it the most photographed castle in Great Britain, and it draws many visitors every year.
There are McCreaths listed on the Clan MacRae Roll of Honour 1914-18, located on the outside perimeter of the castle. The names are inscribed on a bronze plaque with lines from ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Lt. Col. John McCrae inscribed in a stone below:
“We are the dead, short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields”.
