Scottish Clans

Right after releasing the last episode, I was able to acquire a copy of Alison Cathcart's "Kinship and Clientage: Highland Clanship 1451-1609."  It really helped me understand with more depth the factors involved in the succession to the chief of a Highland Clan.  Join me as I share what I learned.

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In many descriptions of the Highland Clans, Tanistry is often given as the method used to decide succession among chiefs.  I have already done an episode describing this system.  In this episode, I relate my findings from a historical survey I did with seven Highland/Hebridean clans to see whether this system was employed or whether primogeniture was more common.  I traced the chiefly line of seven clans: Mackintosh, Mackay, MacLean, Cameron, Robertson of Struan, MacLeod and MacFarlane.  Join me to see what I found.

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In this episode, I finish what I started in the last one about the MacLeods' Fairy Flag and its use in the Battle of Glendale.  Did it turn out how the MacLeods hoped?  Also, I discuss a subject from the Facebook group: Scottish clan maps.  Do you have one?  Do you want one?  How useful are they really?  This is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

 

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In the same vein as the last episode on the Brahan Seer, we dive into some clan folklore.  This time we're with the MacLeods and their Fairy Flag.  Was it a gift to a chief from a fairy lover or a souvenir from the Crusades?  Has it really saved MacLeod lives in battle?  This is the first of a two-part project.  Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as well.

 

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Sources:

Thomas Pennant's account: https://archive.org/details/tourinscotlandvo01penn

The MacLeods of Dunvegan: https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl

Some stuff on MacLeod genealogy, not so much about the fairy flag:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110727052405/http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson1.html

We're taking a bit of a turn in the world of the clans by getting into folklore with this episode.  Coinneach Odhar got a supernatural start to his supernatural abilities.  Or was he even real?  This is also available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Website: scottishclans.podbean.com

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Sources:

Anne Ross, Folklore of the Scottish Highlands

A little-known episode in the Jacobite story, the Battle of Glenn Affric was the result of differing views regarding who had the authority to collect rents in Mackenzie territory and where that rent should be sent.  Join me to see how it went!  Also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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https://www.electricscotland.com/mackenzie/images/CHAPT.10.pdf

The Chisholm's started in the Scottish Borders but through advantageous marriages became established in the Highlands.  After a couple of generations, they would have been indistinguishable from the native Gaels who had been there for hundreds of years before.  Let's look at a few of the things that make this clan worth getting to know.

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Source:

History of the Chisholm, 1890 Alexander Mackenzie p.x., The Clan Chisholm and Allied Clans, 1935, Harriette F. Thrasher

The Camerons were a powerful kindred that started off as a confederation of clans, ironically not unlike the Clan Chattan (more on that back in episode 7).  Let's look at where the Cameron war cry (slogan) comes from.  The story is short but not so straightforward.  Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

What can we learn about Scottish Clans by reading a  bond signed by several branches of the Murrays in 1586?  Join me and see.  The Murrays were what I refer to as a Frontier Clan.  We'll look at two bonds, one signed in 1586 and another in 1598, which contain material that I believe helps us understand the kin-based society in Scotland.  Thanks for joining me for my 100th episode!  Also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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https://ia800303.us.archive.org/3/items/chroniclesofatv21908atho/chroniclesofatv21908atho.pdf

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After telling the tale of the battle during the last episode, in this one, we go over details of the battle that can help us understand the nature of the Scottish clans better.  

 

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