As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

MAC QUARRIE. A clan; formerly owners of the isle of Uloa and part of Mull, originally of the clan Alpine, but compelled to dependence on the Macdonalds, as Lords of the Isles. Their founder was the son of Guaire or Godfrey, brother of Fingo. ancestor of the Mackinnons. Skene, ii. 263.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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