Clan Lachlan Association of Canada  & Clan MacLachlan Society

clan lachlan  The Magazine of the Clan MacLachlan Society

Editor or Bard or Filidh

The Celtic culture was oral and expressed in poetry and often in song. A Highland Chief retained two bards each with their retinue of disciples:

• the Seanachaidh, the recorder, for genealogy and family history;

• the Filidh or Bard for inspiring warriors and extolling the dead; the Filidh was poet, philosopher and statesman as he could teach and influence the Chief, the Council and the clansmen through his poetry.

We now publish a 32 page issue of the "clan lachlan" bi-annually in Spring and Autumn. The ""clan lachlan" is the growing record of our collective history and is the main vehicle for informing our members world wide of the history of individual MacLachlan families and their experiences in Scotland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States or wherever fate took them.

Duncan MacLachlan (6) was the Bard of the Society from 1979 -1989. Chris MacLaughlin (460) had been the Bard of the Society since 1989; Chris, descended from an Islay family, and educated in Scotland took charge of the magazine in 1989. He developed it into a quality publication and produced it until 1997.

Duncan MacLachlan (41), a Canadian who was born and educated in Scotland but emigrated after his graduation from the University of Glasgow, has carried on this tradition. He developed the magazine in content and style to reflect our Celtic and Scottish Highland heritage. He produced the magazine from 1998 to 2005. He not only took over the role of Bard but also that of Publisher. He edited and produced the magazine in Canada for world wide distribution and  the clan lachlan CD  which can only be obtained by an appropriate donation to the Lachlan Trust.

Nan Beams has taken over the position of editor in fall 2006.  PDF files are now produced and each Branch is responsible for publishing. The colour  edition of the magazine is available in the Library on the same day that it is distributed to printers.

This CD has complete copies of the magazine from 1998 to 2009  and a number of main articles from magazines prior to 1998. See Order Form

Each issue contains:

• a Members' Forum;

• Your Family History (the popular biographies of the families of recently joined members and a good source for long lost cousins);

• Articles, well written with quality photographs, on the experiences of MacLachlans in the past or on some aspect of Highland tradition or culture;

• Branch News from the four corners of the world.

Some Articles in Recent Issues 

• No 59   30th Gathering  
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• No52.  Uisghe Beatha

• No 52.  Queen's Own Highlanders

• No 52.  MacLachlan's in the '45.

• No 51. Smuggling in West Argyll &Lochaber before 1715

• No 51.  Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

• No 50.   History of the Clan Council

• No 50.   Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

• No 49.   How the Scots won the West

• No 49.  The Gordon Highlanders

• No 49.  Pipes of Peace in Palestine

• No 49.    Reinventing the Veil

• No 48.  Scotland's Identity

• No 48.   The Seaforth Highlanders.

• No 48.    The '45-a near run thing.

• No 47.    Reflections on Scotland's History.

• No 47.   The Highland Light Infantry

• No 46.   The other world of the Celt. 

• No 46.  The Sea Maid or maighdean-mhara

• No 46.    The Black Watch

• No 45.    The Highland Regiments

• No 45.   A MacLachlan at Gallipoli

• No 45.   The Town of Lost Heroes.

• No 44. The heritage and beginning of the Clan

• No 44.  The history of the Chiefs

• No 44.  Kilmorie Chapel & Old Castle Lachlan. 

• No 44. The "clan lachlan" CD : Our living Heritage

• No 43. Book of Kells

• No 43. The Jameson Raid 1896

• No 42. Highland Games: Myth & History

• No 42. Wairarapa . The standing stones at "coruanon"

• No 42. St Kilda, island at the edge of the world

• No 42. the Battle of Tabanayama

•  No 41. Our Celtic Heritage.

•  No 41. Scottish Country Dancing - a heritage rescued.

•  No 41. the McLaughlins of Oshawa ( 100 years of the automobile)   

• No 40. Faces of MacLachlans, an account of the 20th Gathering at Strathlachlan in May 1999 

• No.39.  20th Anniversary Issue. The history of all the Branches.

• No 38. Our Highland Heritage

• No.36. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, The Abbess of Stanbrook.

• No 35. An Appreciation of the late 24th Chief, Marjorie Maclachlan of Maclachlan.

• No.34. old castle lachlan. An Archaeological Guide.

• No 33. The Irish Potato Famine and the Highland Clearances

• No 32. Around the World in 45 Days.

• No.31. Rev Dr. Alexander MacLachlan DD (Canadian educationalist)

• No.30. Jim MacLoughlin- Father of the Kiwifruit

• No 29. The Lord of the Isles Voyage.

• No.28. Alexander MacLachlan The Burns of Canada.

• No.27. Bicentenary of Strathlachlan Parish Church.

• No.26. The MacLachlans of Killinochanoch and Lachlan MacLachlan(1810-1885) Alias "Bendigo Mac"

Most of these articles are included on the "clan lachlan" CD which can only be obtained by a donation to the Lachlan Trust.  See Order Form

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