Family MacAlpin(e) is a Scottish clan without a Hereditary Chief recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, following a Petition to the Lord Lyon...
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Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein; 810 – 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada...
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Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
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Clan Armstrong is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. According to the legend and tradition, the first of the name Armstrong was Siward Beorn (sword...
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attributed to all seven clans of Siol Alpin: Clan Grant, Clan Gregor, Clan MacAulay, Clan Macfie, Clan Mackinnon, Clan Macnab, and Clan MacQuarrie. No coat...
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O'Neill dynasty (redirect from O'Neill Clan)
O'Neill Clan Maccallum claim descent from the Ui Neill. Clan Macfie claim descent from Siol Alpin Clan Mackinnon claim descent from Siol Alpin Clan MacLean...
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churchmen of the clan are found on these islands. The 19th century historian W. F. Skene named the clan as one of the seven clans of Siol Alpin—who according...
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members of Scottish clans to show their allegiance to a specific clan or clan chief. Even though they are commonly used by clan members, the heraldic...
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Clan Watson is a Scottish clan that is recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The clan does not currently have a chief recognised by the Court...
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the heather, music by Colin McAlpin, London: Cary & Co. (1899) OCLC 278282743 The Doom of Knocklea, music by Colin McAlpin, unpublished Our Heroe's welcome...
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Plant badge (redirect from Clan plant badge)
group, the Siol Alpin group, of clans are said to have claimed or are thought to share a common descent. The Siol Alpin clans (clans Grant, Gregor, MacAulay...
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MacCarthy dynasty (redirect from Mc Carthy Mor)
MacCarthy (Irish: Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the...
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O'Donnell dynasty (redirect from O'Donnell Clan)
Doṁnaill or Ua Domaill; meaning "descendant of Dónal") were the dominant Irish clan of the kingdom of Tyrconnell in Ulster in the north of medieval and early...
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O'Kennedy (redirect from Kennedy clan)
[citation needed] Irish clans House of Brian Boru. http://houseofbrianboru.blogspot.com.au/p/brian-boru.html Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of...
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Clann Somhairle (category Clan Donald)
Clann Domhnaill. Primarily they are the Clan Donald, and Clan MacDougall and all their numerous branches. Clan Macruari are their lost sept. They are formerly...
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the Sakakibara clan (榊原), the Matsudaira clan (松平), the Tokugawa clan (徳川), the Ōta clan (太田), the Inoue clan (井上), and the Akimoto clan (秋元) Sōja Domain...
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vessels are quite low. See: David McAlpin, "Toward Proto-Elamo-Dravidian", Language vol. 50 no. 1 (1974); David McAlpin: "Elamite and Dravidian, Further...
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House" or patriarch. The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic clan, and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families. When...
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Constantine II of Scotland (redirect from Constantine II MacAlpin)
House of Alpin to describe them but descent from Kenneth was the defining factor, Irish sources referring to Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín ("the Clan of Kenneth...
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Gallagher family (category Irish clans)
(Irish: Ó Gallchobhair) family of County Donegal, formerly one of the leading clans of Cenél Conaill, and therefore of all Ulster, originated in the 10th century...
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Fairy Flag (category Clan Macleod heirlooms)
Flag (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bratach Sìth) is an heirloom of the chiefs of Clan MacLeod. It is held in Dunvegan Castle along with other notable heirlooms...
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O'Brien dynasty (redirect from O'Brien Clan)
Briain [oː ˈbʲɾʲiənʲ]; genitive Uí Bhriain [iː ˈvʲɾʲiənʲ]) was an Irish Clan and noble house of Munster, founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru of...
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had toured the Hebrides, forcing the clan chiefs to accompany him. There followed a period of peace, but the clans were soon at loggerheads with one another...
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2014. Bain, Robert (1959). Margaret O. MacDougall (ed.). Clans & Tartans of Scotland (revised). P.E. Stewart-Blacker (heraldic advisor), foreword by The R...
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various Gaelic-originated clans tended to claim descent from one of the Irish groups, particularly those from Ulster. The Dál Riata (i.e. – MacGregor, MacDuff...
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state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) was the founder and first King of the Kingdom of Scotland...
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Osraige (redirect from Clan Conla)
The following clans were the native land-holders before the arrival of the Normans: Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick, Gilpatrick, McIllpatrick, MacSeartha)...
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bonaid in Gaelic), whose ribbon cockade and feathers identify the wearer's clan and rank. Other Scottish types include the tam-o'-shanter (named after a...
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