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A map of Great Britain’s most popular surnames shows the dominance that clan areas still hold in Scotland, while other areas show the effects of modern-day immigration. Created by experts from three...

Topics: edinburgh, glasgow, Highlands, Inverness, orkeny, Shetland, surnames, uncertainty of identity, western isles, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLeod, Ross, Sinclair, Sutherland

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From Norway with Love

by Nadine Lee

The Nidelva River, with Nidaros Cathedral in the background. Trondheim, Norway. When asked to give the name of his nearest mainline rail station on a Parliamentary expenses questionnaire, former lib...

Topics: Gunn, Ian Rankin, MacDonald, MacLeod, MacLeod of Lewis, Norse, North Sea, Norway, Trondheim, Vikings

Massacre Cave - The MacDonalds of Clanranald and The Ma...

by Amanda Moffet

The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of Clanranald country, this small ...

Topics: MacDonald, MacDonald of Clanranald, MacLeod

Topic: MacLeod