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Scotland Project > Scottish Clans > Clan Munro
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Welcome to Clan Munro
Clan Munro Team | ||
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Team Leader | TBD | |
Team Members | Keith Mann, Rosemary Maclean |
- Clan Chief:
- Crest:
- Motto:
- Slogan/War Cry:
- Region:
- Historic Seat:
- Plant badge:
- Pipe music:
- Gaelic name:
Clan Team
Team Goals
The focus of this team's work is to identify, improve and maintain profiles associated with the Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Munro together with members bearing the name Munro, the related families and those recognised as septs of Clan Munro.
Team To Do List
This list will be developed by the Team. If you are working on a specific task, please list it here:
- promoting the entries of those bearing the name Munro on Wikitree.
- ensuring entries appearing on Wikitree are as accurate as possible, correcting mistakes once spotted.
- encouraging interest in and study of Clan Munro.
Septs
Clan History
Clan Branches
Other Names Associated with the Clan
Allied Clans
Rival Clans
Clan Research and Free Space Pages
Source Material
Image Credits and Acknowledgements
Information below this line should be summarized and incorporated into this Team page. Detailed information should be moved to additional Clan pages.
Castle Foulis | Munro Badge | Munro Arms |
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Lands | Modern Tartan
Dress | Tartan of the
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Clan Munro Information
Clan Symbolism
M
otto Dread God
W
ar Cry Caisteal Folais 'na Theine
L
ocation Ross and Cromarty, Highlands Region, Scotland
G
aelic Names Mac an Rothaich
P
ipe Music Bealach na Broige (Pass of Shoes)
S
eat Foulis Castle
Branches of the Clan
- Munro of Foulis (Line of Clan Chiefs)
- Munro of Milntown (Senior Cadet branch)
- Munro of Auchinbowie
- Munro of Fyrish
- Munro of Obsdale
- Munro of Katewell
A Brief History of Clan Munro
(Information taken from several sources as listed below, including but not exclusively Wikipedia)
T
he clan name Munro, means "Man of the Ro River". This supports the traditional origin of the clan from the River Roe area in Northern Ireland. This is an area near modern-day Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
T
radition states that Chief Donald Munro, son of an Irish chief, O’Caan, came to the help of King Malcolm II of Scotland, expelling the invading Danes. However, this tradition only exists in writing from the late 17th century.[1]
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Birth-1583 • Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland Death-Nov 06, 1633 • Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ethel Medd Munro Birth- 1597 • Scotland Death- 1647 • Aldie, Scotland
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