There can be only one....right?

For those of you who don't know, that is a line from the movie/series Highlander. And just like the movie spawned the series with a major suspension of disbelief (how can Conor and Duncan MacLoud coexist when Conor was the one left standing in the movie?), so it goes with castles in Scotland.  There is a real MacLoud castle on the Isle of Skye, one which has been in the family for hundreds of years, named Dunvegan.  MacLouds still live in this castle, and while it is available for touring, the primary interest is in the gardens as a majority of the castle is roped off and you can only peek in the rooms available for viewing. As it was raining pretty steadily while we were on the Isle of Skye, this didn't seem like a very good way to spend our money and time so we didn't go in.

There is Castle Tioram,  featured in the opening of later seasons of Highlander-the Series. These ruins sit on an isle whose shallows near the shoreline allow it to be accessed on foot at low tide. The present owner of the castle wishes to return it to its former glory and make it into his residence along with the addition of a Clan meeting center. I don't know if this is for general clan use or specifically for the Clan MacDonald of Clanranald. He has met with much resistance from those who wish the site to remain as ruins, but I understand that progress has been made recently. I think it would be pretty neat to see it restored.
Eilean Donan Castle was featured prominently in 1986's Highlander movie. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Mackenzie and remained a residence until recent times. Weddings and other events have been held there as well.

The purple minion? He is sporting colors as close to the Clan Mitchell as I could find  
Eilean Donan Castle

We stormed the castles! Aye!