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Scottish Tartans GMHG photographs pages 28-30! Morephotos of GMHG Museum in Franklin in SectionA. building to be sold! Our landlord at the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, NC , has announced to us that she must sell our building because ofhealth reasons! We have rented the location for many years and have been given the right of first refusal. We must raise a $50,000 down payment by the end of September. The owner does want the Scottish Tartans Museum to have the building and is working with us to make this happen. If you can make any type of donations to help us with this purchase, now is the time to let us know Do you know of anyone thqt likes to donate to a worthy cause to receive deductions on their taxes? Please refer them to us. We don't know of anywhere to move and we don't want to move! Over the past two years we have had a tenible struggle to rise our heads above water. We have made great progress, bu! still not enough to pay employees. We are still running with only volunteers. We don't want to lose our museum. If you can help us in any way, please do so asap. Call us at828-524-7472to make your donation. Ifyou think your clan affliation will be interested in helping us, by all means ask them to assist us. Our museum expansion is almost complete. We are still waiting on artwork and the building of displays. We will be sure to announce to you the completion date when we know it, if we are still here. KathieAkins, The Scottish Tartans Museum. Glans! lf youwere atGrand- Our website: wwwscoffishtartans.org Our address: 86 East Main father Mountain...l most likely have St., Franklin NC 28734. Call (828)52 4-7 472. photos of you in the POT. Email If you would like to support us by being a Member of The Scottish [email protected] for copies. Tartans Museum, visit our website, wwwscottishtartans.org, for details. No chargeto use anyl/vayyou wish. Ft' Sftncoe Schoof of Scoftisft ?{ighfanf0ance s lI3 I tr{f I3 iIF ilF I Int? Itri u! .@I effi ffia, 4c,r. , .L - BATD Fellow Highland & Scottish Nationals - SOBHD Adjudicator A book cover rediscovered... l0July,Thailand Dear Beth: I found a photo of my book cover. You can see Grace's name as well - Grace Kimiye Ihe ftlprfaryef Kermotsu. "[fff'$g Edde- This cover of The Mystery of "Mar se Eddie" in th* Sl*?, in the Shire, a Biography of Edgar Allan Poe's Scot- tish Connections, Volume I, isfrom the antique print a Siagraphy of of Robert de Bruce's childhood home of Tumberry EDGAR AI.TAN POE,S Castle, now gone, but a golf course in its place. Scottish Connections I bought this, and the rest of my illustrations in the book, at a dealer in Bath, Somerset, where my first wife was from, since the Romans! See the man still in the surf, and the man on the shore coming to his aid? This was a common occur- rence inAyrshire during Poe's time, so his uncle John Galt, andhe, wrote ofit. Burns ignored a subject on which his cousins, later, focused. Yes, Galt and Poe were his cousins, through John Allan'suncle, JamesAllan, Fairlie Estate, ofthe The ' 't'1;.;;;:'ffi' -'i'.,--"' i; ' Old Rome. l*oben - fierisrf*ie.; gfi Remember hisAuntAgnes? She wasAllan's wife. fuL tl: trttdr €rarn t{lmiyeflg Bob Brill (RobertDensmore Brill) Contact Bob Brill: <[email protected]> This note is from Wayne Cathey, published on July 6th, 2016 To all Macfie's far & wide: I just finished a phone conversation with Fion4 and with her blessing, I write to inform everyone that our illustious Commander, Iain, is cunently in Hospital recovering from a stroke suffered over the weekend. She informed me that he is doing well in recovery and is receiving excellent care. The only lingering effect is in his legs - they move opposite the way he wants them to. Iain has already started a daily physical/occupa- tional therapy regimen and hopes to enjoy a fullrecovery. 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  • Kenneth Macalpin (Cináed Mac Ailpín, Coinneach Mac Ailpein) Has Never Had a Chief of Names and Arms

    Kenneth Macalpin (Cináed Mac Ailpín, Coinneach Mac Ailpein) Has Never Had a Chief of Names and Arms

    Clan MacAlpin(e) Arms: The Lord Lyon Court has granted a Family Convention to choose a Representer, who may become Chief of Name and Arms. Presently, there are eight MacAlpine armigers. Crest/Badge: As there is no Chief with Arms, there is no official Crest Badge. The one usually given is a boar’s head erased within a royal or antique crown. Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, a previous Lord Lyon King of Arms, in “The Scottish Tartans” refers to the claim that this Royal Clan is the most ancient in the Highlands, states that it is Celtic and that 25 generations of the Kings of Scotland claim to be of MacAlpine lineage. He also says that the ancient crest was a boar's head. Gaelic Name: MacAilpein (Son of Alpin) Motto: Cuimhnich Bàs Ailpein (Remember the Death of Alpin) Plant Badge: Giuthas (Scots Pine) Origin of Tartan: recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans. The first documentation of a tartan is in The Clans, Sept and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (1908) by Frank Adam, and is similar to the hunting MacLean, but for the yellow lines. Other tartans connected with Siol Alpin Clans are predominantly red. Lands: Dunstaffnage in Argyll, near Oban. Other areas under MacAlpine control included the Royal Palace at Forteviot, where King Kenneth moved his capital after subjugating the Picts and because of increasing Viking raids in Argyll. There is a sizeable cluster of MacAlpin(e)s around Kilmartin It seems strange that a surname apparently descended from Alpin, father of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín, Coinneach mac Ailpein) has never had a Chief of Names and Arms.