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This web site is dedicated to Steven MacTavish of Dunardry; a man of integrity and vision. In the "old" days in Scotland, a Chief was many times addressed by the name of his lands. Thus, the Chief of Clan MacTavish is often greeted as "Dunardry." (Pronounced: duh-nar-dree)
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MACTAVISH OF DUNARDRY, CHIEF OF MACTAVISH
(EDWARD STEWART) DUGALD MacTAVISH OF DUNARDRY, Chief of the Name and Arms
of MacTavish, so recognized by
Ld
Lyon King of Arms and matric arms at LO 30 Dec 1997 and amended Jan 2003 [Dugald
MacTavish of Dunardry, 3049 Vine Lane, Sebring, FL 33870, USA; Druimnagaoithe,
Achnabreac, Lochgilphead, Argyll]; b 14 July 1929; served RCNVR 1944–45
(enlisted under age), Roy Canadian Inf 1949–55, Crash Rescue USAF Greenland
1955–56 and Canadian Arctic 1956–59; sales manager chemical industry
1960–79; m 1st 1948 (divorce 1953) Shirley Eileen Ferris and; m 2nd Audrey, and by his 1st w has a son, Steven Edward Dugald MacTavish. Lineage:
According to the Craignish MS (a medieval Campbell genealogy), the MacTavishes,
Clan Tavish of Dunardry, descend from Tavis corr (‘uneven - perhaps crippled
- Thomas’), 2nd natural s of Gill.
Dunadd, the womb of Scotland.
"The Dal Riada were originally a tribe of North Antrim in Ireland; but, from as early as the third century, and especially during the late fifth century, there had been a steady settlement of the adjacent coastal and island areas of Scotland by these Dal Riada Scots. This area, which became the Scottish part of the greater tribal kingdom of Dal Riada, was separated from the rest of Scotland by mountains. The Scottish part of the tribal kingdom of Dal Riada was known as Argyll which means 'coastland of the Gaels,' for by this time the population of Ireland had long been Gaelic-speaking, and the Dal Riada considered them selves to be Gaels in the general sense, though nonetheless kin in the context of ethno-dynastic politics. About A.D. 500 the kings of Dal Riada took up permanent residence in the Argyle, and with the coming of the Vikings in the ninth century, the tribe, by then centered in Argyle, was cut off from their Irish collateral kinsmen in Antrim. The chief kindreds of the Dal Riada of Argyle, the Cineal Loairn and the Cineal nGabrain, soon spread into much of Scotland with the uniting of their kingdom and the Kingdom of the Picts." CFIS, pg. 72
Dunadd - Undiscovered Scotland
Dunadd: An Early Dalriadic Capital
Digital Archives - The University of Glasgow, Archaeology Department
Sites on Dunardry Lands and Adjacent to
Achnabreck Cup and Rings / Argyll / Carinbaan / Glebe Cairn / Kilmartin Churchyard / Nether Largie Cairns
There is a mausoleum in the Kilmartin churchyard housing a number of gravestones.
One of the stones has on it a figure of a warrior - pleated waste coat, iron
helmet, sword and spear. Across his chest is carved McTavish. It is not known
who he was, but thought that it was a Dunardry MacTavish who was so commemorated.
The stone dates from the 14th or 15th century. More than one Dunardry MacTavish,
including Dugald MacTavish (through which the Chiefly line passed) and his
wife, Letitia Lockhart MacTavish, were buried in the Kilmartin Churchyard.
Carnasserie Castle
During the Monmouth
Rebellion (1685), the young heir to the Chiefship (Dugald
MacTavish) was hung from the high parapout. He and the Earl of Argyll fought
on the same side. His younger brother, Alexander, was also killed during the Monmouth Rebellion.
Dumbarton Castle
During the time of Culloden (1745), Dugald MacTavish was imprisoned here by
the Duke of Argyll, who fought with the British. He was imprisoned because
of his association and support of the Jacobite cause, along with Campbell
of Achnabrek.
Castle Sween
Suibhne Ruadh - The grandfather of Taus Coir, the progenitor of Clan MacTavish
The national flag of Scotland is the Saltire. It is made up of a great white cross which spans diagonally across the flag on a blue background. This was the supposed shape of the cross that St. Andrew was put to death on and therefore the flag is also known as the 'Cross of St. Andrew'. Interestingly the Saltire, which dates back to the 12th century, is thought to be one of the oldest national flags in the world.
According to legend, the birth of the Saltire came about in a battle near Athelstaneford in East Lothian about the time of 832AD. Apparently the Scots looked up at the sky and saw a cross formation in the clouds which resembled the cross of St Andrew and they thus took this as a sign that they would succeed in battle. They did indeed win the battle and from that point forward began to take the cloudy white cross and the evening sky azure as their country's emblem. The official shade of blue in the Saltire is Pantone 300 though this factor has seen much debate over the years.
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Clan MacTavish Genealogy web site developed and maintained by Clan Genealogist, Patricia Adams
Recipient of the 2004 Historian of the Year Award from the Wyandotte County Historical Society
Teaches Genealogy and History at the Area Technical School
Member of the Chief's Household, Clan MacTavish
Member of Editorial Board, Wyandotte County Quarterly Historical Journal
Member of Board of Trustees and Membership Secretary, Wyandotte County Historical Society
Member of the National Genealogical Society
Member of the Wyandotte County Historian's Roundtable
Member and Class Participant of the HTML Writers Guild
Published Works:
"Argyllshire: A Contribution to Argyllshire History, being a Monograph Sketch of the Sweynes of Skipness and the MacTavishes of Dun-ardrigh, Knapdale and Elsewhere, their Ancestors and Descentants" by Dr. G. D. Mathews, D.D., L.L.D.
edited and research noted by Patricia Adams
"The History of Kansas City, Kansas"
"The History of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, 1844-2006"
Articles in the Wyandotte County, Kansas Historical Quarterly Journal
Weekly Articles and byline - Kansan Newspaper
Articles in "The Historic Communities of Wyandotte County, Kansas"
Articles in "The Historic Sites of Wyandotte County, Kansas"
Genealogy and History Articles for Clan MacTavish
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