Giric, the Kings of Moray, and the Royal Origins of Clan Gregor The Northern Pictish Dynasty Behind “Royal Is My Race” Few Scottish clan traditions are expressed as unequivocally as that of Clan Gregor: “’S Rioghal Mo Dhream” — “Royal is my race.” For centuries the phrase has expressed the conviction that Clan Gregor belongs […]
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. […]
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 […]
Giric, King of Scots, of Northern Pictland, Fortune (AKA King Gregor, or “Gregory the Great”) Mural at Edinburg Castle (1 of 2 depicting Eochaid and Giric at the center) Royal Protector of the Culdees, Founder of the Pictish Clan Dynasty of the MacGregors Giric or Gregor mac Dungal was crowned as King of the Scots […]