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CLAN MACFIE is one of the oldest Scottish Clans with a history going back before records were kept. Traditionally, the Clan homeland was the Islands of Colonsay and Oronsay off the west coast of Scotland. The ancient Clan name was Macdhubhsith, meaning "dark men of peace", which anglicised to MacDuffie or Macfie. This latter spelling being that recognised to-day by the Lyon Court in Edinburgh as the Clan name. The names MacDuffie and Macfie appear interchangeable in old records. In the middle ages the Clan provided MacDuffie Priors for the Priory on Oronsay, and the Macfie Chief was Keeper of The Records for the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. The Clan's fortunes went into decline when that Lordship fell in 1493. Malcolm, last Chief of Clan Macfie, was murdered on Colonsay in 1623 and the Clan dispossed of its lands and dispersed as a "broken" Clan. Following the iniatives of the late Dr. Earle Douglas MacPhee of Vancouver, Canada, in the 1970's the Clan was reactivated and again formally recognised as an "active" Clan on 27th May 1981. To-day the Clan has eight Clan Societies established and Clan members are to be found around the world.
The Clan remains without a Chief as no hereditary line of succession has been established from Malcolm. However, on 6th November 1981, Dr. MacPhee was invested by the Lord Lyon as the first Ceann-Cath or Commander of Clan Macfie. He died on 25th September 1982. A second Clan Commander, Alexander (Sandy) McPhie of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia was appointed on 7th September 1989.
As Chief Malcolm died in 1623, before the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland was commenced in 1672, no Chief's Arms have been recorded for the Clan. The Strap and Buckle Badge commercially marketed as being that of Clan Macfie has been taken from the Arms of MacFie of Dreghorn.
Official spelling variants of Macfie:
Athey, Cathey, Cathie, Coffee, Duffy, Duffie, Fee, MacAfee, MacAfie, McAfee, McAfie, McCafferty, McCaffrey, MacCathie, MacCathey, McCathie, McCathey, MacDuffee, MacDuffie, McDuffee, McDuffie, MacFee, MacFie, McFee, McFie, MacGuffie, McGuffie, Magoffin, MacHaffie, McHaffie, Mahaffy, Mehaffey, MacPhee, MacPhie, McPhee, McPhie, Phee, Phie
Names authorised by Clan Commander Sandy McPhie of Australia based on a list originally established by Dr. E. D. MacPhee of Canada. The key locations for Macfies in Scotland are the Islands, Lochaber and Galloway.)
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