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Kilchurn Castle at sunrise, Loch Awe, Scotland

Clans Directory

YouTube videos and podcast episodes organized by clan

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Scottish Borders landscape

Clan Armstrong

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 37 β€” The Rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong β€” One of the great Border Reiver stories: William Armstrong is wrongly imprisoned and Walter Scott of Buccleuch takes matters into his own hands in a daring rescue. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Blair Castle, Perthshire

Clan Cameron

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Clan Cameron β€” Internal Rivalries β€” The deadly power struggle between Allan Cameron of Lochiel and the cadet branches of Glen Nevis and Erracht. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 99 β€” The Cameron War Cry! β€” The Camerons began as a confederation of clans; this episode traces the origin of their famous slogan. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • The Last Clan Battle? (Battle of Mulroy, 1688) β€” Cameron (MacMartin branch) and Ewen Cameron of Lochiel feature alongside Mackintosh and MacDonnell of Keppoch. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Kilchurn Castle, built by the Campbells on Loch Awe

Clan Campbell

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 40 β€” Clan Campbell Pt. 1: Origins β€” Origins explored through Prof. Stephen Boardman’s research. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 115 β€” What Was the Origin of the Campbells? β€” From Boardman’s The Campbells: 1250–1513. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 162 & 163 β€” Campbells and MacGregors with Prof. Martin MacGregor β€” Two-part deep dive into origins and turbulent relationships with a top expert. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 164 β€” The Appin Murder: Post-Culloden Intrigue β€” Stewarts of Appin vs. Campbells after the ’45 Rising. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 166 β€” The Fight for the Lordship of Lorne β€” Loyalty, betrayal, feud, and romance over control of Lorne. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 181 β€” How the Campbells and MacGregors Went from Allies to Enemies Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 190 β€” Blood and Power in the Lennox Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Culloden Battlefield

Clan Chattan Confederation

Mackintosh β€’ MacPherson β€’ MacBean β€’ Shaw β€’ Davidson β€’ and more

Clan Chattan was one of the great Highland confederations β€” not a single family but a binding of multiple clans under a common identity. Its membership, origins, and internal rivalries are among the most fascinating threads in Highland history.

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 27 β€” Clan Chattan: The Confederation β€” What clans made up Clan Chattan? How did the confederation form, and how were these clans connected? The first in a multi-part series. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • Ep. 111 & 112 β€” How Are Clan Chattan and Clan MacPherson Connected? β€” Untangling the Chattan Confederation with a focus on MacPherson origins, culminating in the Battle of Invernahavon. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highlands

Clan Colquhoun

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 190 β€” Blood and Power in the Lennox β€” The Colquhouns of Luss beset by MacFarlane raids and MacGregor incursions, from Bannachra Castle to the Battle of Glen Fruin 1603. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish landscape

Clan Crawford

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 53 β€” Chiefs vs. Earls Pt. 2: Crawford vs. Earls of Crawford β€” The sometimes confusing relationship between the Crawford clan chiefs and the powerful Earls of Crawford. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Glen Coe, heartland of Clan Donald

Clan Donald (MacDonald)

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Dunderave Castle

Clan MacDougall

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 166 β€” The Fight for the Lordship of Lorne β€” The MacDougalls at the center of a story of loyalty, betrayal, romance, and feud. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highlands

Clan MacFarlane

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 190 β€” Blood and Power in the Lennox β€” MacFarlane raids on the Colquhouns of Luss and the burning of Bannachra Castle. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Rob Roy MacGregor

Clan MacGregor

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Culloden Battlefield

Clan Mackintosh

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 182 β€” Colonel Anne Mackintosh: The Jacobite Heroine & The Rout of Moy β€” During the 1745 Rising, Colonel Anne defied expectations by rallying the Mackintosh clan for Bonnie Prince Charlie. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • The Last Clan Battle? (Battle of Mulroy, 1688) Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Dunvegan Castle

Clan Mackenzie

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Scottish island castle

Clan MacLean

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 85 & 86 β€” Trouble in the Western Isles: MacLeans vs. MacDonalds β€” With the Lordship of the Isles dissolved, two great clans that were once allies became fierce competitors. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye

Clan MacLeod

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Glen Coe

Clan Macintyre

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Scottish island castle

Clan MacNeil

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • The MacNeils of Barra β€” Piracy and the Island Kingdom β€” The piratical activities of the MacNeils of Barra, from John MacLeod’s Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Gaels. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Culloden Battlefield

Clan MacPherson

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 111 & 112 β€” How Are Clan Chattan and Clan MacPherson Connected? β€” Tracing the MacPherson origins, their place in the Chattan Confederation, and the Battle of Invernahavon. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • The Last Clan Battle? (Battle of Mulroy, 1688) Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highland castle

Clan MacRae

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Dunderave Castle, Scotland

Clan Menzies

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Clan Menzies β€” A Quiet Clan with a Lasting Legacy β€” Norman origins, Castle Menzies, Jacobite involvement, and a clan known for diplomacy over bloodshed. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Blair Castle, seat of the Murrays

Clan Murray

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 98 β€” The Murrays: All For One and One For All β€” Two bonds signed in 1586 and 1598 illuminate the Murrays as a classic Frontier Clan, and what these documents teach us about kin-based Highland society. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highlands

Clan Grant

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 31 β€” SΓ¬ol Alpein: Clan Cluster β€” Clan Grant is one of seven clans claiming descent from Alpin, father of Kenneth MacAlpin. Apple Podcasts | Spotify
  • The Last Clan Battle? (Battle of Mulroy, 1688) Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish landscape

Clan Graham

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Clan Graham β€” DNA, Origins, and Capable Leaders β€” What DNA tells us about Graham origins, and a clan that produced notable leaders across Scotland’s most pivotal conflicts. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Borders landscape

Clan Douglas

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 71 β€” Clan Douglas: The Original Border Reivers β€” The founding members of the Douglas clan and how they were doing the Border Reiver thing before anyone else. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish battlefield

Clan Fraser

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 47 & 48 β€” The Battle of the Shirts: Clan Ranald vs. the Frasers of Lovat β€” A dispute over the Clan Ranald chieftainship draws in the Frasers of Lovat in a notorious two-part episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Borders landscape

Clan Kerr

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • The Kerrs β€” Everything a Border Reiver Should Be β€” A listener-requested episode on the most notable aspects of the quintessential Border Reiver clan. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highlands

Clan Robertson (Donnachaidh)

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 36 β€” Clan Duncan / Robertson of Struan β€” The Clan Donnachaidh (Sons of Duncan), also known as Clan Robertson of Struan, explored from their origins to their legacy. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highland landscape

Clan Ross

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 52 β€” Chiefs vs. Earls Pt. 1: Ross and the Earls of Ross β€” The complex relationship between the Ross clan chiefs and the Earldom of Ross. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Borders landscape

Clan Rutherford

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 121 β€” The Redeswire Fray and the Rutherfords β€” The Raid on Redeswire is considered by some to be the last official conflict between England and Scotland β€” and the Rutherfords played a central role. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Borders landscape

Clan Scott

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 37 β€” The Rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong β€” Walter Scott of Buccleuch leads a daring rescue across the Border, illustrating the famous Scotts-Armstrongs alliance in action. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highland landscape

Clan Sinclair

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 135 β€” The Sinclairs β€” Earls of Caithness, their branches, and the dramatic lead-up to the Battle of Summerdale. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish Highland castle

Śìol Alpein (Clan Cluster)

Grant β€’ MacGregor β€’ MacFie β€’ MacQuarrie β€’ MacNab β€’ MacKinnon β€’ MacAulay

The SΓ¬ol Alpein (β€œSeed of Alpin”) were seven clans that all claimed descent from Alpin, the father of Kenneth MacAlpin β€” the first king to rule over both Scots and Picts. Clint explores whether this legendary connection was historical reality or political storytelling.

πŸ“Ί YouTube

πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Ep. 31 β€” SΓ¬ol Alpein Pt. 1: The Clan Cluster β€” An introduction to the seven clans β€” Grant, MacGregor, MacFie, MacQuarrie, MacNab, MacKinnon, and MacAulay β€” and their claim to royal descent from Kenneth MacAlpin. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Glen Coe, Appin country

Clan Stewart (Appin)

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


Northern Scottish landscape

Clan Sutherland

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes

  • Clan Sutherland and the Earldom of Sutherland β€” Untangling the unusual relationship between the Sutherland kindred and those who inherited the Earldom. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Scottish landscape

The Galloway Clans

MacDowall β€’ McCulloch β€’ MacLellan

The Gaelic clans of Galloway are among the most overlooked in popular Scottish history. Sharing the same ethnic and cultural roots as the clans of the Hebrides, they played vital roles in medieval Scotland and paid a heavy price for backing the Balliol cause during the Wars of Independence.

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πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Episodes


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