Duntrune Castle: History, Clan Links and Argyll Travel Guide
Explore Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan, with verified history, Campbell and Malcolm links, genealogy tips, and an Argyll heritage route.
Irish Scottish Roots
Irish Scottish Roots
Category Clans
Articles about Irish and Scottish clans, surnames, septs, clan history, genealogy connections, tartans, ancestral places, and heritage research.
Aughnanure Castle Galway and the O’Flahertys
Aughnanure Castle is a late medieval tower house near Oughterard in County Galway, Ireland. It is most closely associated with the O’Flaherty lords of Iarchonnacht, or West Connacht. The castle stands on a rocky site above the Drimneen River near…
How to Find Your Irish Clan or Sept
How to find your Irish clan is really a question about Irish surname history, place, and records in Ireland. In Irish genealogy, sept is often the more accurate term. It means a branch or local division of a wider family…
Irish and Scottish Clan Research for Beginners: Trace Surnames, Septs, and Clans
Learn Irish and Scottish clan research for beginners, including how to trace surnames, septs, clans, geographic origins, tartan claims, family crests, and the records that matter most for accurate genealogy.
Grace O’Malley and Ireland’s Pirate Queen
Grace O’Malley was a 16th century Gaelic Irish leader, seafarer, and political negotiator based in County Mayo on Ireland’s west coast. She is closely tied to Clew Bay, Clare Island, and Rockfleet Castle. The O’Malley maritime world shaped trade, power,…
Easter Ross Everyday Life, 1650 to 1745
Easter Ross is the eastern coastal region of historic Ross-shire in the northern Scottish Highlands of Scotland, located between the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth. Everyday life in Easter Ross between 1650 and 1745 was shaped less by famous…
Clan Sinclair – Rosslyn, Orkney, and Caithness Travel
Clan Sinclair is a Scottish clan strongly associated with Rosslyn (Roslin) in Midlothian near Edinburgh. It is also associated with the far north of Scotland in Caithness. The clan has historical links that reach into Orkney. The most visited Sinclair…
Buchanan Castle – From Clan Lands to a Ruined Victorian Seat Near Loch Lomond
Buchanan Castle is a roofless, ruined Scottish baronial mansion near Drymen in Stirlingshire (Stirling council area), close to Loch Lomond. For a different layer of local history, see Loch Lomond’s hidden boating history. Built in the 1850s, it served as…
Clan MacLeod of Lewis – Sìol Torcail, the Isle of Lewis, and a Hebridean Chiefly Line
Clan MacLeod of Lewis is the Sìol Torcail (Seed of Torquil) branch of the wider Clan MacLeod. It is a Highland clan tradition rooted in the Hebrides. The tradition is strongly associated with the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer…