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MACFIE Clan Society in Canada http://www.clanmacfie.co.uk/clanhome/ CREST: a demi-lion rampant MOTTO: Pro Rege (For the King) SEPTS: There are no actual septs but only variations of spelling, such as: MacFie, MacPhee, MacPhie, McFie, McPhee, McPhie, MacDuffee, Duffy, McAfee, Fee, MacHaffie, McGuffie A Short History: Clan Macfie is one of the oldest Scottish Clans with a history going back before records were kept. The ancient name for the Clan is Macdubhsith. While literally meaning “dark man of peace”, sithe is also the term used for supernatural beings that populated the islands and the highlands and the term dubh or dark also had mystical and supernatural connotations. The ancestral homelands for the Macfies are the islands of Colonsay and Oransay in the Western Isles of Scotland. In 1623, Malcolm, the last Chief of the Clan Macfie, was captured by the infamous Colla Ciotach MacDonald. He was tied to a Standing Stone, known as Carraig Mhic-à-Phi at Balaruminmore, on the ancestral island of Colonsay, and summarily shot. The Clan Macfie was dispossessed of its lands and dispersed as a “broken” Clan. That is, until 27th May 1981, when the Clan was reactivated and again formally recognised as an “active” Clan by the Lord Lyon. Macfies all over the world celebrate that date as Clan Macfie Day - new ‘birthday’ for the Clan Macfie. As no hereditary Chief has been traced, a Ceann-Cath, or Clan Commander, has been appointed by the Lord Lyon to head the Clan. The current Commander is Iain Morris McFie who was appointed by the Lord Lyon on 12 Oct 2008 and lives with his wife Fiona in Neilston, Glasgow, Scotland. https://www.facebook.com/Glen.Evan.Cathey MACFIE Clan Society in Canada CONTACT INFORMATION: Website: http://www.clanmacfie.co.uk/clanhome/ Membership: Herb Franklin 1162 Royal Dr Peterborough, ON, K9H 6R1 705-745-3144 [email protected] Delegate to CASSOC: Gary MacPhie 66 Braith Cres Stouffville, ON, L4A 0C1 416-275-7490 [email protected] .

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THE MYTHOLOGY, TRADITIONS and HISTORY of Macdhubhsith
THE MYTHOLOGY, TRADITIONS and HISTORY OF MacDHUBHSITH ― MacDUFFIE CLAN (McAfie, McDuffie, MacFie, MacPhee, Duffy, etc.) VOLUME 2 THE LANDS OF OUR FATHERS PART 2 Earle Douglas MacPhee (1894 - 1982) M.M., M.A., M.Educ., LL.D., D.U.C., D.C.L. Emeritus Dean University of British Columbia This 2009 electronic edition Volume 2 is a scan of the 1975 Volume VII. Dr. MacPhee created Volume VII when he added supplemental data and errata to the original 1792 Volume II. This electronic edition has been amended for the errata noted by Dr. MacPhee. - i - THE LIVES OF OUR FATHERS PREFACE TO VOLUME II In Volume I the author has established the surnames of most of our Clan and has proposed the sources of the peculiar name by which our Gaelic compatriots defined us. In this examination we have examined alternate progenitors of the family. Any reader of Scottish history realizes that Highlanders like to move and like to set up small groups of people in which they can become heads of families or chieftains. This was true in Colonsay and there were almost a dozen areas in Scotland where the clansman and his children regard one of these as 'home'. The writer has tried to define the nature of these homes, and to study their growth. It will take some years to organize comparative material and we have indicated in Chapter III the areas which should require research. In Chapter IV the writer has prepared a list of possible chiefs of the clan over a thousand years. The books on our Clan give very little information on these chiefs but the writer has recorded some probable comments on his chiefship.
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CLAN CHATTER Published for the MacDuffee Clan Society of America, Inc. Organized 1962 on Grandfather Mountain VOL 11, ISSUE 2, OCTOBER 2015 Pictured is the stylized version of Murdoch MacDuffee’s Grave Slab on Oronsay. The actual carving is “MacDufie” from the mid 1500s. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN GATHERING First I want to thank all the "MacDuffee's" that joined us at Grandfather Mountain and started a great year. We had an amazing record turnout. A total of 43 MacDuffee Clan Society members, cousins and family members marched in the Parade of Tartans. Over the three days we had 63 MacDuffee Clan Society members or direct family relatives visit the Clan Society Tent despite high winds but no rain. I think David may have run out of cheese in our hospitality tent for the first time ever. It was one of the best games for just simply meeting new people and cousins from, Florida, Texas, Indiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Kentucky, California and I'm sure I missed a few states. I did not think, however, that our year could be better. As you remember we sponsored a tent at the Loon Mountain Highland Games in New Hampshire in 2014 and with the help of two new members in New Hampshire we returned this year and in our second year we were awarded The Best Clan Tent for 2015. The year got even better. We beat out 65 other Clans and Societies for this recognition. The recognition not only includes the team working at the Games, see pictures, but also for Laurie MacDuffie for her creation of our table covers that were well received along with the presentation of our Clan Society History, a new banner frame, our special Clan Seal that we use for children's "Booklets" that they use to collect Clan Stamps and the Clan Society Shirts that David McDuffie had created for our members.
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Kenneth Macalpin (Cináed Mac Ailpín, Coinneach Mac Ailpein) Has Never Had a Chief of Names and Arms
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CLAN CHATTER Macduffee Clan Society of America, Inc
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The Scottish Associations of South Australia Inc
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Jiiest S 925
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CLAN CHATTER Macduffee Clan Society of America, Inc
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Evening Times Roll of Honour May to August 1917
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