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The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
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Mac Grath of Ulster – Mac Craith Ulaidh. Mac Hale of Co. Mayo – Mac hÉil Condae Mhuigheo. Mac Kenna of Truath – Mac Cionaoith. Mac Laughlin of Donegal – Mac Lochlainn Dún na nGall. Mac Mullen Leinster - Maoláin agus Mac Maoláin. Mac Shane – Mac Seáin. McCarty - Mac Carthaigh. McGillycuddy of the Reeks. McKernan - Mac Thighearnain.
e. A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred' [1]) is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship [1] and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Clans, in indigenous societies, were not endogamous: their members could not marry one another.
Clan Chattan (Scottish Gaelic: Na Catanaich or Clann Chatain) [5] is a unique confederation of Highland clans. [6] This distinctive allied community [7] comprised at its greatest extent seventeen separate clans (currently twelve), [8] who each had their own clan chief recognized under Scottish law, but were united under and bound to the superior chief of the Confederation for mutual solidarity ...
Traditionally, all family members' code names start with the same letter. [4] The codenames change over time for security purposes, but are often publicly known. For security, codenames are generally picked from a list of such 'good' words, but avoiding the use of common words which could likely be intended to mean their normal definitions.
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