Bruce,
That is strange, because I went through the text of the site about six
months ago and sent a disc to Ed Cattell with all the up-dates and he was to
send it on to the webmaster. I've not checked the site since but I need to
know if it has not been up-dated. The text is all supposed to be up-dated
now - based in my revisions.
Diarmid
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Campbell [mailto:inverawe@shaw.ca]
Sent: 20 June 2005 06:44
To: CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Campbell facts you should know
Hi Gloria,
It would appear that you got your information from the Clan Campbell web
site
www.ccsna.org Unfortunately some material is out dated and in need of
up grading. I am speaking in particular about our Chief, His Grace,
Torquhil Ian Campbell the 13th Duke of Argyll, MacCailein Mor who superceded
his father's untimely passing in early 2001.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gloria Jarrell" <gjarrell(a)pivot.net>
To: <CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 5:57 PM
Subject: [CAMPBELL] Campbell facts you should know
Campbell Facts You Should Know
"Genealogists don't loose their minds,
they just loose their census..."
Campbells are a Scottish family and, with Clan Donald, now one of the
two largest
Highland clans.
The origins of the male line ancestors of the Campbells are Celtic,
likely from the Britonic Celts based upon Alcluit, later known as Dun Briton
and now spelt Dumbarton, on the Clyde.
Our Chief today is Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll (pron. ArGYLL).
Our Chief's Gaelic (pron. Gaahlick) title, which he likes us to use, is
Mac
Cailein Mor (pronounced Ma HYlen MOR).
Mac Cailein Mor means "Son of Great Colin".
The name Campbell comes from the Gaelic "Cam beul", meaning curved mouth
(as in cam shaft).
The homeland of the Campbells since the twelve hundreds has been Argyll.
The county of Argyll is pronounced arGYLL, never ARGyll, the emphasis is
on the
second syllable, even for North American Campbells.
Practice saying it to yourself: "arGYLL, arGYLL. arGYLL, arGYLL". The
place was also spelt Argyle in earlier times.
From the 13th century onwards the Campbell Lordship in Argyll was on
freshwater
Loch Awe, sometimes written Lochawe, (pronounced Loch AWE, as in
awesome).
Loch Awe is pronounced with a soft "ch" in the word "loch" which
means
lake or arm of the sea in the Gaelic, and with the stress on the word Awe.
The early followers of the Campbell ancestors on Lochawe were the kin of
their
maternal ancestor Eva, heiress of the O'Duibne (pron. oh-DOON-yea). In
the Gaelic the collective name for the Campbell kin was not Clan Campbell
but the O'Duibne.
The early Campbell chiefs became the knights of Lochawe.
In 1296 Sir Colin Campbell the great, Cailein Mor, was killed by
MacDougalls in
the hills between Lochawe and the sea, a cairn of stones
still marks the place.
In 1457 Cailein Mor's descendant, another Sir Colin, was created 1st
Earl of
Argyll.
Archibald 5th Earl of Argyll's followers were of both Clan Donald and
Clan
Campbell and the host he could bring to the field was larger than the
armies of either of his royal contemporaries, Mary Queen of Scots or Queen
Elizabeth of England. He alone among Scots and English nobles had artillery.
In 1641 Archibald, 8th Earl of Argyll, was made Marquess of Argyll and
ruled
Scotland for a time during the Civil Wars. He was beheaded in 1661.
In 1685 the son of the Marquess, the 9th Earl, invaded Scotland as part
of
Monmouth's Rebellion. He was captured and beheaded and many Campbells who
had risen for him escaped to Ulster in Ireland, many later moving on to
North America.
In 1701 the 10th Earl was made first Duke of Argyll.
The Second Duke of Argyll, a Field Marshal, was one of the two greatest
soldiers
in Britain and was renowned as a statesman who helped to unite the
parliaments of Scotland and England in 1707.
Archibald, third Duke of Argyll, administered Scotland for the British
government
and did his best to prevent the cruelties of the Duke of
Cumberland in 1746.
The castle of the early Chiefs was at Innis Chonnel (pron. Insh Conul)
in an
island in Lochawe.
From the time of the first Earl of Argyll the family of the Chiefs moved
to a new
tower house at Inveraray (pron. Inver-AIR-ah) on the sea at
Lochfyne.
In the mid 18th century the tower of Inveraray was found to be both
unsuitable
and unsound and was replaced by the present magnificent country
house, Inverary Castle, the private home of the Chief. An impressive part of
the Castle is open to the public in season.
The castles of the three main branches of Clan Campbell were at Loudoun
in
Ayrshire, Kilchurn at the mouth of Glenurchy on Lochawe, and at Cawdor in
Nairnshire near Inverness.
Campbell tartan has only three colors; Black, Green and Blue. In the
trade it is
called "ancient" Campbell and is the same as Black Watch
although generally lighter in color.
The origins of the Campbell tartan are obscure as "clan tartans" as such
did not appear until the early 19th century. However it is the same as the
Black Watch tartan, the Highland regiment with which many Campbells have
always been associated.
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