San Diego Scottish Highland Games
Scottish history is filled with the exploits of fierce and patriotic clans who still hold titles and have seats of power in the illustrious castles of Scotland. Clanship was a system introduced in Scotland as a replacement to the division of seven tribal areas of the Scottish highlands of Pictish times. The system of social …
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Since the 11-17th Centuries, family crests and coats of arms have been considered powerful symbols passed down through generations. They are still meaningful reminders of family past, present, and future. The symbolism of coats of arms explains the ancestors’ achievements and status in society and is used to identify families or individuals that include the …
The Stuarts of Bute are the descended from Sir John Stewart, born between 1345 and 1390. Sir John Stewart was the son of Robert II of Scotland. He was known as ‘The Black Stewart’, some say due to his dark complexion or because his brother, John of …
The name Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad/Donchadh and other spelling variants. (Dunchad) Duncan, which was originally a forename, is one of the oldest names in Scotland and can be dated back to the Celtic Scotii (Scots) from Ireland who colonized the Southwest of Scotland from about the …
This name comes from the Gaelic place name “cuil cumhann” meaning “narrow corner”. The location of Colquhoun (pronounced “ca-hoon” with the accent on the second syllable) is on the western shores of Loch Lomond. Umfphredus de Kilpatrick was granted the lands by the Earl of Lennox in the 13th century, during the reign of King …
Clan Bruce was one of the richest and most powerful clans in the 12th-14th centuries. It was a Royal House in the 14th century and produced two kings of Scotland. Clan history Bruce is one of the most famous of all Scottish clans. It produced two kings of Scotland, one of whom, Robert the Bruce, …