Category Archives: Clan Infomation
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Ramsay Clan Tartans Ramsay Red Ramsay Blue
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Stuart of Bute Clan Crest: Crest Description: A demi-lion rampant, Gules, armed and langued, Azure Stuart of Bute Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as […]
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Glen Tartans There is no registered tartan for this name – these tartans are appropriate Douglas Ancient Douglas Modern Douglas Grey
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Of ancient origin, the MacLachlan clan is descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King in Ireland in 400 A.D. Lochlainn was the name of the senior branch of the descendants of Niall, and by the thirteenth century the name appears in Scotland when Lachlan Mor of this family lived on the shores of […]
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From the Brythonic word ‘ir-afon’ which means ‘green water’ comes Irvine. The name is territorial in origin, from an area in Dumfriesshire. Records of the family date back to some time between 1124 and 1165. The family claim origin from the High Kings of Ireland, through to Scotland’s Early Celtic Kings. Crinan Eryvine married the […]
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It is possible to trace the descendancy of this famous clan to Normandy, France in the 11th century. Robert de Brus followed William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy to England in 1066. One of his relatives, Robert de Brus, became a companion-in-arms to Prince David in his visit to the court of Henry I of […]
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Also found as Blain, the name is a reduced form of MacBlain. Most commonly found in Wigtown and Ayr. Patrick Blane was provost of the burgh of Wigtown in 1561, and John Blain had a charter of the half of the ten-merk lands of Meikle-Wig in the parish of Whithorn in 1674. Agnes Blain is […]