THE ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS ARE OFF TO NEW YORK

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 23 March 2025

The UK’s only private regiment, The Atholl Highlanders, raised and commanded by the Dukes of Atholl, and based at their ancestral home of Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, have announced that they will be taking part in New York’s Tartan Day Parade on 5th April 2025. This will be the ...

ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS TO VISIT USA

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 22 March 2025

The Atholl Highlanders have marched in Athol (Massachusetts) twice and will be going back in April 2025 to celebrate Athol’s famed River Rat parade, along with travelling to perform in New York City (Tartan Week) and Washington, D.C. The Massachusetts town is named after the village in Scotlan...

THE SCOTLAND SHOP DISCOUNT

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 21 March 2025

The Scotland Shop has agreed to offer a 5% discount for members of The Murray Clan Society (UK) with an additional 5% commission for the Society on sales using a discount code, which is available to members on request. We felt this would be the fairest solution as this is also how the company works ...

THE MURRAY CLAN WOODLAND

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 21 February 2025

One of our goals was to purchase a small piece of ground in the clan territory (Perthshire) to remember members of the clan in a unique and special way, and to provide a lasting and living legacy for generations to come. We're pleased to announce that a quarter of an acre of woodland has now been de...

OBITUARY

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 08 January 2025

Mrs. Mary Hetherington née Murray, a long-standing member and a trustee of the Murray Clan Society, passed away in December 2024 at the venerable age of 92. She was a loyal and familiar figure at all the Murray Clan Society's events. Mary first sparked her son's interest in the Murray Clan as...

CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY

Added by The Murray Clan Society on 30 November 2024

The Fairies of Meall Dail Min: Not far from Blair Castle is Lude where, just before Christmas, there was a burial where the mourners came to toast the grave until they were quite merry. One man thoughtlessly kicked a skull and, laughing, said: ‘come and have a Christmas dram with me’. It...