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3 unusual facts about Clan Sutherland


Chris Apps

His reeds were used by Clan Sutherland when they won the Grade II competition and Champion of Champions at the Cowal Highland Gathering.

Clan Sutherland

The Battle of Drumnacoub was fought in 1431 where Angus Du Mackay, chief of Clan Mackay defeated Angus Murray and the Sutherlanders on the slopes of the mountain Ben Loyal near Tongue.

William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver

In 1719, the family name was changed to Sutherland, when his father was recognised as the Chief of Clan Sutherland.


Murray of Aberscross

Despite their name, this Murray family were not part of the Clan Murray in Atholl but were in fact a sept of the Clan Sutherland, whose chiefs were the Earls of Sutherland.


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