The MacIntoshes were Scotch–Irish and Orangemen and, had they possessed all the saintly qualities of the Catholic calendar, this ancestry would have damned them forever in Gerald's eyes.

麦金托什家是苏格兰和爱尔兰的混血，也是奥兰治派分子，况且，如果他们具有天主教历史中的全部圣洁品质，在杰拉尔德眼中，他们的祖先便会永远诅咒他们了。