Saint Donan
From SAINTS OF SCOTLAND by Edwin Sprott Towill, publishers: St. Andrew's Press. A remarkable fact about the widespread work of the Celtic missionary saints from the fifth century onwards is that scarcely any cases of violent opposition or martyrdom are recorded until the Viking and Danish raids began at the end of the ninth century. […]
The Five sisters of Kintail
The Five Sisters mountain range lies at the head of Loch Duich, at the western end of Glen Shiel. Legend says that at one time there were seven daughters of a local chief, two of whom were taken as brides by two Irish brothers. On departing Kintail, they promised to return with their five brothers […]
Origins of Surname MacRae
By Leslie A. McRae | Origins of Surnames in Europe Surnames as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th centuries. They were not in use in England and Scotland before the Norman conquest of 1066, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The use of a […]
A Brief History of Clan MacRae
By Cornelia W. Bush | The name MacRae, frequently translated as Son of Grace, more properly refers to a person in an ecclesiastical/religious profession. MacRae, MacCrae, McCrea, MacRay, Mccree—regardless of the spelling in English or in Gaelic, it is all the same word. The Clan MacRae came from Ireland to Clunes, Scotland (west of Inverness) during […]
Clan MacRae - A Most Brief History
By Leslie McRae | "Chapter One - Origins of Clan MacRae The Scots came from Northern Ireland and settled in Argyll in Roman times. In about AD 500 a fresh influx from Ulster established a separate kingdom which is called Dalriada after them, ‘the tribe of Riada’. They made their capital, such as it was, […]
The 1909 Petition of Sir Petition of Sir Colin MacRae of Inverintate
© Peter MacRae, London 1999 | CLAN MACRAE SOCIETY OF CANADA ONLINE The Petition of Sir Colin MacRae: Judgment of 22nd April 1909. Lyon Court The Petitioner, in this case, Sir Colin G. Macrae, stated that he was the eldest male representative of the deceased Colin Macrae of Inverinate, that he ' and his ancestors […]
More Clan History Links...
The Chatelaine's Scottish Castles - Joanne Mackenzie-Winters Grant McRae's War - The story of Flight Lieutenant Grant McRae's adventures overseas during World War Two. Presented by The Memory Project - Historica Canada with funding from Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada