Schlagwort: gregor

The Royal Claim of Clan Gregor: From Siol Alpine to the Pictish Kings of Moray and Ireland

Tracing Clan Gregor from the kings of Scotland to the High Kings of Ireland   1. Introduction: “Royal Is My Race” The MacGregor declaration Siol Alpine and the problem of proof Framing the question of origins 2. Scots and Picts: One Royal Tradition? Dal Riata and Pictland Political vs ancestral identity The MacAlpin narrative 3. […]

Royal Is My Race: Clan Gregor, Siol Alpine, and the Pictish-Moray Origins of a Highland Dynasty

Upcoming Article: The ancient motto of Clan Gregor, “’S Rioghal Mo Dhream” — “Royal is my race,” has often been explained through the clan’s place among the Siol Alpine, those Highland kindreds traditionally said to descend from Kenneth MacAlpin. Yet older clan histories are careful: they affirm the MacGregors as one of the purest Celtic […]