WADO FOR THE INVITE TO THIS GROUP.

"C'ead Mile Failte" ("A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" in Gaelic).

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Love the picture David--it is very kewl! I am Irish, Scot, and Welsh--a little German and Cherokee.

here you know this! true celtic/saxon dancing! beleave it or not growing up we had to learn this! no wonder my bones hurt now! :(

Thank you Robbie for the dance video! I have a cute one if I can find it! :-)

Welcome to the new members! :-)

I posted a story about About Ludovic Grant--it is an interesting story:

The Seannachie of Clan Grant, Adrian Grant stated: "Although Ludovick only had the one daughter with his Cherokee wife, nevertheless she went on to be the ancestress of so many Cherokees that a huge proportion - something like a third or a half - of all Cherokees now count Ludovick Grant as one of their ancestors."

Irish Kennedy: The Irish clan Kennedy takes its name from Kennedy, the nephew of High-King Brian Boru (1002-1014). The name Kennedy was also that of the father of Brian macKennedy Boru. This Kennedy was the King of Thomond (north Munster Province) and was killed by the Norsemen of Limerick in 951 A.D.

This Irish clan were the left hand of the powerful Dál gCais Tribe of Thomond, headed by Clan O’Brien. They resided in far eastern Clare, northern Limerick, and northern Tipperary in an area called Ormond.

Scottish Kennedy: Their home territory is in southwestern Scotland, in Ayrshire, where they were a power house. Originally they came from the western isles and are of Celtic-Norse stock. In the fifteenth century, one Ulric Kennedy fled Ayrshire to the highlands for refuge where he was granted protection under the Chief of Clan Cameron. From this Highland branch, Kennedys settled on the Isle of Skye. A branch also was established in northeast Scotland, at Aberdeen.

To add to the confusion, there are the Kennedys of Northern Ireland. Many Scottish Kennedys were planters in Ulster (the province of Northern Ireland), and many Scots went to Dublin and mingled with the Irish clan. Because of this confusion, the Scottish Chief of Kennedy is willing to recognize all Kennedys as part of the clan/family.

So you can see that doing critical research is needed to determine which branch of the Scottish Kennedys, or between Scot and Irish, you descend from.

What does Kennedy mean?

Most accounts of both Kennedy families claim that the name means “ugly head” or “helmet head.” This is not correct. It is derived from the name Kenneth, meaning “head of the people/clan/tribe.”

I was afraid to put the video on but if you want a laugh and you do not mind some naughty language--look up Robin Williams---Scottish Golf on YouTube--It is too funny!

I PITA SIKSIKA WARRIOR THANK YOU FOR THE VERY KIND INVITE TO THIS GROUP THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Shortbread

traditional Scottish recipe! :) SHORTBREAD

125g/4oz butter

55g/2oz caster sugar

180g/6oz plain flour

Preparation method

Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth.

Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste. Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick.

Cut into rounds or fingers and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with icing sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.

I'm goin to a Burn's supper tomorrow night - YUM!!

Alexander McGillivray
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Hoboi-Hilr-Miko, son of a Scots trader and an Indian Princess, becomes the symbolic Chief of the Creek, Choctaw, and Seminole Tribes in the Southeast USA in 1780. 1759–93, Native American chief. He was born in the Creek country now within the borders of the state of Alabama, the son of Lachlan McGillivray, a Scots trader, and Sehoy Marchand, his French-Creek wife. Given a classical education at Charleston, S.C., he returned to his mother’s people at the beginning of the American Revolution when Georgia confiscated the property of his Loyalist father, who thereupon returned to Scotland. In the war he was a British agent, influential in maintaining Creek loyalty to the crown. At Pensacola in 1784, McGillivray, now dominant in his nation’s councils, concluded with the Spanish a treaty confirming the Creek in their lands, giving the Spanish a trade monopoly, and making him Spanish commissary. With arms provided by the Spanish, his warriors periodically attacked American frontier settlements from Georgia to the Cumberland River. In 1790, President Washington, seeking to end the depredations, invited him to a conference in New York City. McGillivray, an intelligent diplomat, accepted, meanwhile assuring Spanish authorities of his loyalty, and was well received. By the Treaty of New York (1790), the Creek acknowledged U.S. sovereignty over part of their territory, acquired lands claimed by Georgia, and agreed to keep the peace. McGillivray himself accepted a brigadier generalcy and a yearly pension. He continued in the pay of the Spanish, however; in 1792 when they increased his subsidy, he entered upon another treaty with them that practically repudiated his treaty with the Americans, and the Native American attacks were resumed. McGillivray and McQueen's

William McIntosh

c.1775–1825,  Tustunugi Hutka, Native American chief,  son of (Scottish) Captain William McIntosh and Senoia Henneha of the Coweta-Cussitta Towns of the Lower Creeks, was born about 1775 near Tuetumpla (now Alabama). McIntosh also spent much time with his father and stepmother in the Savannah area. It was here that he learned to read, write and speak English. He learned his business skills from his father as well. Feeling comfortable with both his mother's people and his father's people helped McIntosh to gain the confidence necessary to become a leader. His mother was of the Wind Clan, the clan from which leaders are usually chosen. McIntosh became a Micco (king) of the Lower Creek villages. That is, he was elected orator, or chief spokesman for these loosely aligned villages. White's Historical Collections of Georgia, an early Georgia history, described McIntosh as intelligent and brave. In person he was tall, finely formed, and of graceful and commanding manners. His first cousin was George Troup, who served as Governor of Georgia. Friendly to the Americans, McIntosh led the lower Creek (White Stick) against the British in the War of 1812 and was made a brigadier general. He later fought alongside Andrew Jackson against the Seminoles under McQueen. In Feb., 1825, he signed a treaty ceding the Creek lands East of the Chattahoochee River to Georgia and was shortly thereafter slain by the upper Creek, who opposed the cession. White Warrior

Brighid Celtic (Irish). One of the triple Goddesses of the Celtic pantheon. She is the daughter of The Dagda, the All Father of the Tuatha de Danann, one of the most ancient people of Northern Europe. Some say there are actually three Brighids; one is in charge of poetry and inspiration; one is in charge of midwifery and healing, and the last is in charge of crafts and smiths. She probably began as a sun Goddess. According to legend, she was born at sunrise and a tower of flame beamed from her head. As Goddess of fire and water, she is immortalized by many wells and springs. Most important of her monuments, though, was a shrine at Kildare where there was a perpetual flame burning for Brighid. It was tended by nineteen virgins called the Daughters of the Flame, wearing deep crimson habits and bearing swords. They would not talk to men, nor could men come near the shrine. Her feast is St.Brighids Days in Ireland and is the Pagan Festival of Imbolc When Christianity began its onset, so loved was Brighid that she was made a saint. However, the upkeep on her flame was considered pagan by the church and it was extinguished out of more than a thousand years of burning. St. Brigit remains one of the most popular Irish saints today, along with Saint Patrick. Identical to Juno, Queen of Heaven. Symbolizes human potential. Also known as Brigit, Brigid, Brigindo, Bride. Dark the bitter winter, cutting its sharpness, but Bride's mantle, brings spring to Ireland. -Translated from Gaelic text.

Good morning!

Wow---I love the new background! :-)

http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hend/VictoryMusic/July-MusicTrad_Selki...

Thank you Sharikee--I love the picture!

Some might say not a lot has changed in 800 years or so.

A 13th-century 'travel guide' for Vikings heading to Scotland warned that the natives were dangerous, the language incomprehensible and the weather awful.

The travellers' chronicles describe Scotland, or Skotland as it was known, as worth a trip, but only for those willing to risk losing their heads.
Scottish native

Unwelcome: Viking tales described the Scottish natives as 'dangerous' and their language 'incomprehensible'

A new historical study gleaned the information from stories that filtered back from travelling Vikings and were written on yellowed calf vellum eight centuries ago.

The stories paint a picture of a dangerous country but claim Orkney and Shetland offer a friendlier welcome.

'Icelanders who want to practise robbery are advised to go there,' says one saga. 'But it may cost them their life.'

Another tale tells the story of Icelandic merchants who sailed into a west coast sea loch where they met 13 ships bristling with angry natives.

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A Scot identified in the saga as Grjotgard, a kinsman of Melkolf (Malcolm II), king of Scotland, told them: 'You have two choices. You can go ashore and we will take all your property, or we'll attack you and kill every man we lay our hands on.'

The chronicles have been interpreted by Gisli Sigurdsson, a historian at Reykjavik University, who believes the sagas - part fiction, part fact - reveal how the ancient Norse were far from the fearless pirates of legend.

Sigurdsson said the tales were a warning to travellers that they would encounter a general foggy area, dangerous landings, hostile natives and language problems. They wrote that the people would probably attack you immediately.
Loch Ness

Scottish Fjords: Vikings were particularly wary of the West Coast lochs

The Norsemen became particularly nervous about sailing up the west coast sea lochs which they referred to as the 'Scottish fjords'.

The Icelandic sagas, written in the 13th century but based on earlier oral stories, were often used as route guides for raiders, traders, crusaders and explorers, effectively a road map of medieval Europe and the Middle East.

They have proved remarkably accurate, even helping archaeologists to pinpoint the remains of a Norse village in Newfoundland.

Orkney is described as a handy base camp for pillaging Scotland. But the Norse had other bases too, some of which would feature high up in a modern guide for tourists.

If you are planning to raid Scotland, one saga reads, you could do worse than base yourself in Fort Skardaborg. That's today's Scarborough.

http://www.ross-ter.com/Favourites/Origins/Picts/text1.html

My husbands family crest. Yup, I married into the Hastings family with much history of the early Barons, Dukes and Earls of Scotland and England. My husband is a direct decendant of (2nd) Baron John Hastings 1066. Family history was recently rewritten as it is believed the original Hastings of Scotland now goes back to the Vikings 500 years prior. As per family tradition the eldest son in the family is always (alternating) a John or James with the wife's father's first name as the middle name. My father in law was John Ogden Hastings, my husband was James Peter Hastings and my son is John Russell Hastings. The kid was estatic to find out he really was a viking with Scot blood! My daughter is named after 2nd Lord Baron John Hastings 2 sisters...Elizabeth and Anne. Too much history to go into right here but maybe some day I'll get in the discussions.