Scottish Clans

By Clint Edwards

For those of you who want to discover the wild and colorful history of the Scottish clans without the Victorian era romanticism, this is the place for you. Riveting stories and scholarly information f... more

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Scottish Clans episodes:

August 27, 2024 169 Scottish Clans Foundations: Joining the Gaels and Picts!
In this episode, I start by sharing the traditional narrative of the Gaelic takeover of the Picts. Next, I add important historical context around this process. Finally, I present a brilliant theory by Dr. Alan Bruford as found in the book Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era. Amazon link to the book below.
Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era
Many more book recommendations here!
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35min
August 11, 2024 168 Scottish Clan Foundations- The Picts
We continue with the miniseries detailing the various groups that contributed to the Clans of Scotland! In this episode, we discuss myths and traditional narratives of the Picts and challenge them with more recent scholarship.
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Resources for studying the Scottish Clans
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41min
July 20, 2024 167 Scottish Clan Foundations - Scots of Dal Riata
We're taking it back to the foundations folks! The Scots of the kingdom of Dal Riata made important contributions to the concept of the Scottish clans. Find out what they were in this new take on one of my earliest episodes for this podcast. This is the first in a series of podcasts revisiting the ethnic roots of the Scottish clans.
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35min
July 06, 2024 166 The Fight for the Lordship of Lorne: Stewarts, Campbells, and MacDougalls
This one is the stuff best-selling novels, movies or series are made of! We take a story I've told before here and, using a paper written by Prof. Steve Boardman, peel back the layers to reveal and even more compelling story than I originally ever imagines. Loyalty, betrayal, feud, alliance, romance, infidelity, and action all come together to make this one of my all-time favorites. I hope you enjoy it to.
University of Strathclyde Course on the Highland Clans
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43min
June 13, 2024 165 Destroying Myths and Revealing the True Scottish Clans with Dr. Murray Pittock
You won't agree with everything Dr. Pittock says but hopefully you've considered the possibility that some of your conceptions about Scottish clans are off. What are some of the misconceptions that are widely held that Dr. Pittock corrects? What ideas of your own did he challenge? This episode is sure to stir the pot but I hope you enjoy it and that it is helpful. Check out Dr. Pittock's books on Amazon (links below)! They're pretty reasonably priced. This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and a video version is on YouTube.
Books:
Scotland: The Global History
Culloden: Great Battles
The Myth of the Jacobite Clans
Celtic Identity and the British Image
Jacobitism
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1h 7min
May 13, 2024 164 The Appin Murder: Post Culloden Intrigue
During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, clans that were already at feud chose different sides and continued the conflict. But with the failure of the rising and its disastrous conclusion at the Battle of Culloden, sometimes the fighting didn't stop. Check out this story of conflict between the Stewarts of Appin and the Campbells.
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26min
April 24, 2024 163 Campbells and MacGregors with Professor Martin MacGregor Pt 2
I hope you enjoyed the part of my discussion with Dr. Martin MacGregor. Here is the rest of our conversation. Now that we've established the origins of both clans, we get into their turbulent relationship with each other, which ended far away from where it began. This is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Stay tuned for YouTube clips with visual aids.
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59min
April 22, 2024 162 Campbells and MacGregors with Professor Martin MacGregor!
What a great experience it was to learn these two well-known clans, the Campbells and MacGregors, and their turbulent relationship from one of the most knowledgeable people on the subject! I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with him. This is only the first half of our discussion. Stay tuned for part 2 as well as YouTube content complete with visual aids coming soon.
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1h 3min
March 26, 2024 161 The MacLeods of Lewis and Mackenzies with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich Pt 2
I'm excited to share part 1 of the discussion that I had with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich!!! He focuses on the Clans Mackenzie and MacLeod of Lewis. You could not get a more knowledgeable person for these two clans. This was truly a feast. If you have any interest in either of these two clans, this and the next episode are for you. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
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42min
March 26, 2024 160 The MacLeods of Lewis and Mackenzies with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich
I'm excited to share this discussion that I had with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich!!! He focuses on the Clans Mackenzie and MacLeod of Lewis. You could not get a more knowledgeable person for these two clans. This was truly a feast. If you have any interest in either of these two clans, this and the next episode are for you. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
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59min

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