Episodes
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Saturday May 20, 2023
136 The Battle of Summerdale: Sinclairs vs Sinclairs
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
Between last episode, setting the foundation, and this episode, this is the first time we've been to the Northern Isles (in this case Orkney) since I started this podcast! It's always fun to try new things. You know what's not fun, Sinclairs fighting Sinclairs and a mother accidentally killing her son. In these respects, the Battle of Summerdale was truly a tragic event.
Source for this story: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/summerdale.htm
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Thursday May 11, 2023
135 The Sinclairs!
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Let's get to know a little bit about the Sinclairs and lay the foundation for the story of the Battle of Summerdale. The Sinclairs are a really interesting clan that controlled a large territory in the far north of Scotland as the Earls of Caithness. They had other branches of the family. How did these branches interact with each other? Were they a cohesive unit, who all acknowledged the same chief?
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Sinclair Pedigree starting with William, 3rd Earl of Orkney: https://www.maryqueenofscots.net/scottish-family-trees-in-the-16th-century/the-sinclairs-of-caithness-and-the-lords-sinclair/
Super deep dive into Sinclair origins: http://www.stclairresearch.com/content/Sinclair-Templar-Proof.html
The Saint-Clairs of the Isles: https://archive.org/details/saintclairsofisl00sain
Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00gord
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
134 The Kidnapping MacLeod Tacksman
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
This is the unbelievable backstory to a strong theory about why the MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat switched sides from being Jacobites in 1715 to raising troops for the British Government in 1745.
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
133- 11 Clans that Switched Sides in the Jacobite Risings
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Last time we looked at the Frasers of Lovat and examined their reasons for fighting on different sides during the Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745. That made me curious about other clans that switched sides in the same conflicts. Here I list eleven clans that found themselves on one side during the 1715 Rising and another during the 1745 Rising. Not meant to be exhaustive or deep, rather, this episode is only starting the conversation. What clans did I leave out? What do you know that you could add to the discussion?
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Thursday Mar 09, 2023
132 Clan Fraser of Lovat and the Jacobite Rebellions: Switching Sides
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
The Clan Fraser of Lovat sided with the Hanoverians in the 1715 Jacobite Rising but then sided with the Stewarts in 1745. In this episode I explore why I believe they switched.
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Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
131 The Bardic kindred of MacMhuirich (Currie)
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
A few episodes ago I shared some history on the professional kindreds. Robert Currie, Commander of the Name and Arms of Currie, reached out to me with a small booklet about the MacMhuirich kindred, who were sponsored by the Lords of the Isles as bards. Here's a few things I learned. Thanks, Robert!
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
130 Symbols of the Scottish Clans: Kilt and Tartan
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
It's alway nice when you can get the words of the Gaels themselves to describe their own culture. Here, I use an excerpt from The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands, by Michael Newton, where a MacLeod of Raasay woman composed a lament for her brother in 1671. In it, she describes what he wore, which is enlightening but not what you'd expect.
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Thursday Jan 12, 2023
129 The Atholl Camerons? An interview with Cameron Moser
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Was there a branch of Clan Cameron is Atholl? Not according to Wikipedia;). Here's some cool details on something Cameron found in his research. My apologies to Cameron Moser, who was running the tent for Clan Cameron at the Scots on the Rocks festival in Moab, UT in October. This is my interview with
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