Scottish Clans
Clint Edwards
For those of you who want to discover the wild and colorful history of the Scottish clans without the Victorian era romanticism, this is the place for you. Riveting stories and scholarly information fuel this podcast, enabling listeners to learn the truth about their ancestors or discover the real story behind award-winning films such as Outlander, Outlaw King, and Braveheart. Presented by Clint Edwards- a husband, father, teacher, retired soldier, and disciple of Christ.
Categories: Education
Listen to the last episode:
In this episode, I start by sharing the traditional narrative of the Gaelic takeover of the Picts. Next, I add important historical context around this process. Finally, I present a brilliant theory by Dr. Alan Bruford as found in the book Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era. Amazon link to the book below.
Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era
Many more book recommendations here!
Scottish Clans YouTube Channel
Previous episodes
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207 - 169 Scottish Clans Foundations: Joining the Gaels and Picts! Tue, 27 Aug 2024
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206 - 168 Scottish Clan Foundations- The Picts Sun, 11 Aug 2024
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205 - 167 Scottish Clan Foundations - Scots of Dal Riata Sat, 20 Jul 2024
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204 - 166 The Fight for the Lordship of Lorne: Stewarts, Campbells, and MacDougalls Sat, 06 Jul 2024
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203 - 165 Destroying Myths and Revealing the True Scottish Clans with Dr. Murray Pittock Thu, 13 Jun 2024
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202 - 164 The Appin Murder: Post Culloden Intrigue Mon, 13 May 2024
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201 - 163 Campbells and MacGregors with Professor Martin MacGregor Pt 2 Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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200 - 162 Campbells and MacGregors with Professor Martin MacGregor! Mon, 22 Apr 2024
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199 - 161 The MacLeods of Lewis and Mackenzies with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich Pt 2 Tue, 26 Mar 2024
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198 - 160 The MacLeods of Lewis and Mackenzies with Dr. Aonghas MacCoinnich Tue, 26 Mar 2024
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197 - 159 Pre-Clan Clans pt 2 Sat, 02 Mar 2024
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196 - 158 Pre-Clan Clans Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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195 - 157 Scottish Clans and the Highland Charge! Pt 1 Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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194 - 156 The Highland Charge! Tue, 09 Jan 2024
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193 - 155 The Battle of Inverlochy! Tue, 02 Jan 2024
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192 - 154 Irish and Scottish Clans Pt 5 Sat, 23 Dec 2023
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191 - 153 Irish and Scottish Clans Pt 4 Fri, 15 Dec 2023
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190 - 152 Irish and Scottish Clans Pt 3 Fri, 15 Dec 2023
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189 - 151 Irish and Scottish Clans Pt 2 Sun, 03 Dec 2023
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188 - 150 Irish and Scottish Clans Pt 1 Mon, 27 Nov 2023
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187 - 149 Busting Scottish Clan Myths with Murray Pittock Fri, 10 Nov 2023
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186 - 148 The MacRaes or ”Mackenzie’s Shirt of Mail” Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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185 - 147 Mackenzie vs Huntly Over a Woman! Fri, 06 Oct 2023
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184 - 146. Professor Ali Cathcart- A feast of Scottish Clan History Pt 2 Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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183 - 145 Professor Ali Cathcart- A feast of Scottish Clan History Pt 1 Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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182 - 144 Did These Clans Fight at Bannockburn? Pt 3 Fri, 01 Sep 2023
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181 - 143 Did These Clans Fight at Bannockburn? Pt 2 Sun, 27 Aug 2023
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180 - 142 Did These Clans Fight at Bannockburn? Wed, 16 Aug 2023
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179 - 141 The MacNeils: Hebridean Pirates! Wed, 26 Jul 2023
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178 - 140 The MacNeils: One Clan or Two? More? Wed, 26 Jul 2023
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177 - 139.Highland Clan Origin Legends: Macintyre and MacRae/MacRath Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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176 - Episode 38 Listener Feedback Mon, 01 Jul 2019
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175 - Episode 37 The Rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong Wed, 19 Jun 2019
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174 - Episode 36 Clan Duncan/Robertson of Struan Thu, 13 Jun 2019
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173 - Episode 35 The Gaelic Clans of Galloway Mon, 27 May 2019
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172 - Episode 34 Gospatrick and the Dunbar and Home Clans Mon, 20 May 2019
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171 - Episode 33 The MacLeods of Lewis: What Happened to Them? Wed, 08 May 2019
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170 - Episode 32 Clan Clusters: Siol Alpin Pt 2 Thu, 25 Apr 2019
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169 - Episode 31 Clan Clusters: Siol Alpin Pt. 1 Tue, 09 Apr 2019
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168 - Episode 30 MacNab vs MacNeish and Grant Origins Mon, 01 Apr 2019
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167 - Episode 29 Clan Clusters: The Stewarts Fri, 22 Mar 2019
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166 - Episode 28 Mac vs. O' Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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165 - Episode 27 The Clan Chattan Wed, 06 Mar 2019
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164 - Episode 26 The Gallowglass Pt 3 Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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163 - Episode 25 The Gallowglass Pt 2 - Gallowglass Clans Sun, 17 Feb 2019
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162 - Episode 24 The Gallowglass Pt. 1 Mon, 11 Feb 2019
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161 - Episode 23 The Montgomery vs. Cunningham Feud Thu, 31 Jan 2019
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160 - Episode 22 The Structure of a Clan Pt. 2 Mon, 21 Jan 2019
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159 - Episode 21 The Battle of Melrose, Henry Sinclair, Does a Clan Need a Chief? Sun, 13 Jan 2019
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158 - Episode 20 Clan Structure, Pt. 1 Sun, 06 Jan 2019