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Although once heir to the earldom of Carrick, Cailean appears to have died before 1250 (the year of his father"s death).
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The traditional view, going back to the 19th century, is that Donnchadh"s son and heir was Niall. lieutenant was further suggested that Cailean"s wife, Earl Niall"s mother, was a daughter of the Tir Eoghain king Niall Ruadh Ó Neill, tying in with Donnchadh"s Irish activities, accounting for the use of the name Niall, and explaining the strong alliance with the Ó Neill held by Niall"s grandsons. Cailean appears to have had a daughter, Afraig, who married Gilleasbaig of Menstrie, a Clackmannanshire baron who was the first attested man to bear the surname "Campbell".
With this lady, Gilleasbaig fathered Cailean Mór, the ancestor of the later Earls of Argyll.
