Alan Cumming looking great in his Kilt Outfit
Alan Cumming wore this in November 2009 to Buckingham Palace for a medal presentation. The tartan is Cumming Hunting Weathered.
The Kind Scottish Wulver
Wulvers are ofter called werewolves, but legend shows they are quite different. Said to inhabit the Shetland Islands to the north of the Scottish mainland. The ancient Celts believed that the Wulver evolved from wolves, and that the Wulver symbolizes the in-between stage of man and wolf. With the head of a wolf, the body […]
Historic Scotland Insists Graffiti has to go at Kelburn Castle is a myth
**Please note Historic Scotland has contacted us about the inaccuracies of this story please see their comment below ** Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire, the ancient family seat of the Boyle clan is famous for having the most controversial artistic additions to any historic building in the country. A group of Brazilian graffiti artists were […]
Origin of Clan Hay – The Legend of Luncarty
There are two ways to approach the origins of Clan Hay. The first is the Legend of Luncarty, which is an important Hay tradition, while the second is based on historical research, albeit that inconsistencies tend to occur after so many centuries. Hector Boece, the Scottish academic, wrote the first known account of the Luncarty […]
Urquhart Castle and The Magic Well
Way back in the days before Urquhart Castle existed in the days when the Great Glen was just starting to have settlers – perhaps some of our Urquhart ancestors before the name of Urquhart was even spoken – and took advantage of its abundant food and resources. It was a fertile valley which made life […]
Massacre Cave – The MacDonalds of Clanranald and The MacLeods
The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of Clanranald country, this small island has very bloody history being involved in every MacDonald rebellion against the crown and in a good many feuds. A lengthy feud between the MacDonalds and the MacLeods in the 16th Century led to the death of 395 MacDonalds in […]
Iain Beag MacLachlan
Scottish tradition holds that a member of the MacLachlans of Kilbride travelled to Aberdeen to purchase cattle. While there, he fell in love with the daughter of the Duke of Gordon. The two lovers eloped and eventually settled down and built a home on the island of Seil. After a time, the MacLachlan, his […]
The Stange Ceremony of Clan MacLachlan
A MacLachlan legend tells of a MacLachlan Chief who would pay his feu duty (a sign of submission to an overlord in true feudal fashion) in a very strange way. The duty itself was a pair of gloves handed over through an annual ceremony which took place over a large rock called Capull Cruaidh. This […]
A collection of MacNeil Legends
I came across some MacNeil legends, would be interested in finding out more about them, oranyone else knows any MacNeill of Barra/MacNeill of Colonsay tales? “There is a Saying in the Highlands of Scotland That in the long genealogy of the MacNeils, The biblical Noah is not to be found. For it is said; ‘The […]
The Wizard laird of Skene’s dance with the devil
Skene Loch is an eerie and forbidding place, particularly on cold evenings in the dead of winter – when the waters on the loch can freeze over. If you were to brave the icy conditions and venture down to the lochside and look across the frozen loch you might see what seems like a mysterious […]