Tag: Clan Maclean

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Clan Maclean of Duart

For all Duarts, Dewarts, Maclean of Duarts and all variations of the Duart name, I just received information that the next Clan gathering on the Isle of Mull will be pushed back until June 2023, however there will be a virtual gathering of the clan 22-26, 2021. The event is free to attend, but you must register. Registration opens on Tuesday 8th June.

The dates for the rescheduled International Gathering of the Clan Maclean have been announced as Monday the 19th to Sunday the 25th of June 2023. The Gathering will be held on the Isle of Mull and further details will be published as they are announced.

I will post where to register for the virtual clan gathering when I receive the information, so please check back here around June 8th.

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Duart Name Official

I’m working with the Duart family again and taking a course in One-Name study to improve my website  http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duart.html to help the Duarts around the world locate others researching the same name.

The one big thing that my research and website have done so far, is to get Duart included in the Septs of the Clan Maclean.  When we went to the Clan Maclean gathering on the Isle of Mull in 2007, I inquired with the researchers of the Clan about proving all of this.  Their response was that it would be hard to prove otherwise, so go with it.  That doesn’t deter me from trying.  I might even prove them wrong and find some information that explains the Duart Sept.  A little help from my friends would be appreciated.

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Clan Maclean Centenary International Gathering

Well folks, it has been 100 years since Sir Fitzroy MacLean bought and restored Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.  It lay in ruin for over a hundred years before that and probably was built in the 13th century.  In 2012 the Clan Maclean will hold an international gathering of Macleans, Duarts and all the septs that incompasses.  You will have to go on line to their website  http://www.maclean.org/   to see who is a member sept.

The 2012 Clan Maclean Centenary International Gathering will take place on the Isle of Mull Jun 18-24.  If you want to have a great time with “the clan”, this is the time to visit.  Al and I went to the last gathering in 2007.  We didn’t have a clue what we were getting into, but had such a wonderful time, I’m ready to go back. You might want to get a kilt and learn some dances for the Grand Dance on Saturday night.

Pack you kilt, scabbard and warm coat and head to Mull (it’s an island after all and gets very cold).  We flew into Glasgow, rented a car then drove to Oban.  We took the ferry to Craignure on Mull and drove to Tobermory where many of the events took place.  Some events were held at Duart Castle.  Because it was a “family” thing, we had the run of the Castle on the public side.  Sir Fitzroy Maclean lives on the other half.  What a trip!

If you want to see the inside of the castle, watch “Entrapment” with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.  The movie was filmed inside the castle.

We got to meet many clansmen from all over the World.  I still get occasional emails from some.  If you join the Clan Maclean Heritage Trust, you may also get invited to a private party held at one of the Maclean private residences.  That in itself was worth the trip.  The Maclean’s of Duart and Lochbuie owned many castles in the “good ole” days.  Some are “crumbledowns” and some are fully restored.  A journey to Urqhart Castle (another family property), will help you understand how truly large they were.  Urqhart is a crumbledown, for the most part, but if you walk around, you start feeling like you’ve been here before in some other life and could really enjoy living in a castle, if it had central heating.

You will not be sorry for going to this gathering.  It certainly gives you a real sense of family when everyone is dressed in our family tartans.  Happy Trails