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Amanda Moffet
The Red Wedding and the Dwarf Assassin. Not 'Game of Th...
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With a new season of Game of Thrones on TV screens avid fans will be enthralled at the twists and turns of this epic tale. However as I recently discovered while staying on Islay, the inspiration behi...
Topics: Campbell, Game of Thrones, MacDonald, MacIan, MacLean
Nadine Lee
The Curious Case of Dubh Sith
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Loch Ghruinneart, Isle of Islay If you picture troops involved in a 14th Century clan battle, fairies are the last thing you would expect to find among the ranks. However according to legend, a fai...
Topics: Campbell, Campbell of Cawdor, Dubh Sith, Fairy, Isle of Islay, Kilchoman, Kilnave, Loch Ghruinneart, MacDonald, MacLean
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Nadine Lee
How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
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If you still haven’t seen Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere‘ in the latest season of Game of Thrones, you should probably stop reading this post right about now. It’s a well-known and begrudgingly a...
Topics: Alexander Livingston, Campbell, Clan Crest, Clan Motto, Crichton, Douglas, Edinburgh Castle, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Glencoe Massacre, House Lannister, House Stark, King James II, MacDonald, MacGregor, royal mile, Seat, The Black Dinner, The Red Wedding
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Nadine Lee
Map Reveals Scots Modern-Day Surnames
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A map of Great Britain’s most popular surnames shows the dominance that clan areas still hold in Scotland, while other areas show the effects of modern-day immigration. Created by experts from three...
Topics: edinburgh, glasgow, Highlands, Inverness, orkeny, Shetland, surnames, uncertainty of identity, western isles, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLeod, Ross, Sinclair, Sutherland
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Amanda Moffet
MacDonald clan photos found by great-great grandson in ...
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I came across this story in a Canadian newspaper, thought I'd share it. Wayne MacDonald had gone into an old curiosity shop in Winnipeg - half looking for a Mother's day gift. Not finding anything...
Topics: MacDonald, Canada, Halifax
Amanda Moffet
Q&A: Charlie “Chick” Allan Of Saor Patrol
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He’s led an army of 160 trained warriors through the gory battle scenes of Gladiator and the forests of Robin Hood. Is the father of five children. And heralded as one of Scotland’s most dedicated pr...
Topics: MacDonald, Clanranald, MacDonald of Clanranald
Nadine Lee
The Massacre of Glencoe
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Today marks the 321st anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe, in which 38 MacDonald of Glencoe clansmen were murdered on direct orders from the crown. The death warrant signed by King William III prov...
Topics: Campbell, glencoe, Jacobite, MacDonald, Massacre of Glencoe, Scottish Socialist Republican Movement, William III
Nadine Lee
From Norway with Love
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The Nidelva River, with Nidaros Cathedral in the background. Trondheim, Norway. When asked to give the name of his nearest mainline rail station on a Parliamentary expenses questionnaire, former lib...
Topics: Gunn, Ian Rankin, MacDonald, MacLeod, MacLeod of Lewis, Norse, North Sea, Norway, Trondheim, Vikings
Tartan Footprint
West Lochaber have a lot going on in 2014
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Meet the People :: See the Places :: Settle the Heart Howling Events, a west Lochaber coalition of heritage organisations has announced its programme of events for the forthcoming Year of Homecoming ...
Topics: Lochaber, MacDonald
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Clan Donald Society wanting to restore reputation of 'F...
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The Clan Donald Society are looking to restore the reputation of one of the Victorian era's most celebrated soldiers, Major General Sir Hector 'Fighting Mac' MacDonald. In his hometown of Dingwall, ...
Topics: Army, Clan Donald Society, Hector MacDonald, MacDonald, Suicide
Amanda Moffet
Massacre Cave - The MacDonalds of Clanranald and The Ma...
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The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of Clanranald country, this small ...
Topics: MacDonald, MacDonald of Clanranald, MacLeod
Amanda Moffet
DNA proves Celtic hero Somerled had Viking roots
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A leading DNA expert has shown that the celtic hero Somerled who was credited with driving the Vikings out of western Scotland was himself descended from a Norseman It had always been believed that S...
Topics: MacAlister, MacDonald, MacDougall, Somerled
Amanda Moffet
The Annat Skull
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There's a superstition in Applecross/Torridon area of Scotland that relates to the Annat skull in which water sipped from the skull of a female suicide is a supposed cure for epilepsy. The poor wom...
Topics: Applecross, MacDonald, Scottish Myths, superstitions, torridon