'The McGinty' is the pseudonym given to the landholder or laird who owned the glen in which the Great Northern Divers were nesting in Great Northern?. He is described as A tall old man, in full Highland dress, with tartan kilt and deerskin sporran (GN26). His son is Ian, the young chieftain. The McGinty is initially hostile to the crew of the Sea Bear, but when the destructive intentions of Mr Jemmerling become known, he helps to protect the divers.