HOGMANAY AT CASTLE CLUGGY

Added on 30 December 2023

HOGMANAY is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. The origins of Hogmanay are unclear, but it may be derived from Norse and Gaelic observances. The most widespread national custom is the practice of first-footing, w...

CHRISTMAS COMES TO CASTLE CLUGGY

Added on 22 December 2023

HAPPY CHRISTMAS and best wishes for the new year to our supporters. Christmas was banned at Castle Cluggy for almost four centuries. Before the Reformation in 1560, Christmas in Scotland had been a religious feasting day. Then, with the powerful Kirk frowning upon anything related to Roman Catholici...

AWARD OF SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL

Added at 20:55 on 17 November 2023

CONGRATULATIONS to the Chairman and Head Trustee who has been awarded the Murray Clan Society of North America's medal for special service to the Society. He became a life member of the Murray Clan Society (Edinburgh) in October 1981 during the International Gathering of the Clans, and later ser...