Show Your Clan Pride!
We must let everyone know that Celtic culture and heritage is as strong as ever in AMERICA’S OLDEST CELTIC CITY!
Our 2019 Honored Clan was Clan MacLaren
Clan MacLaren is an ancient clan from the areas around Balquihidder and Loch Voil in the Highlands. The clan descends from King Lorn, son of Erc. The current clan chief, Donald MacLaren, is a direct descendent of Lorn. Donald is retired from the British Foreign Service where he served as the British Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia. He currently resides in Balquihidder with his wife Maida.
Overlooking Balquihidder and Loch Voil is the Boars Rock, the ancient meeting place of the clan and place giving the clan motto “Creag An Tuirc”. The clan fought alongside William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in the wars for Scottish independence, and with Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite uprisings. The clan has close ties to the Stuarts of Appin, as a MacLaren female was the matriarch of this Stuart line.
The MacLarens have close ties with the Boy Scouts as Major Ken MacLaren, along with William Baden Powell, began the scouts in England. William E. Dubois MacLaren also gifted Gilwell Park to the scouts as a training location of the scouting leadership.
Clans that attended in 2019:
Clan Bell
Clan Donald
Clan Donnachaidh Society of Florida
Clan Dunbar
House of Gordon
American Clan Lockhart Society
Clan MacLaren
Clan MacPherson
Clan Ross of the United States
St. Andrews Society of Jacksonville
Clan Sutherland Society of North America
Clan Wallace
Please join us and celebrate romantic St. Augustine’s Celtic heritage. Saturate your senses in the sights, sounds, and tastes of our Celtic history.
Fact: The founder of St Augustine, Pedro Menendez, was from the Celtic region of Spain.
Sights: Celtic musicians, Highland Games, Clans & Celtic Vendors
Sounds: Arguably the best collaboration of Celtic artists assembled in the US.
Tastes: Savor both Celtic food and local offerings.