Welcome Clans and Societies

Welcome to the 2023 Tucson Celtic Festival. The deadline to register is October 1, 2023. If you would like to be included in the festival program, submit your registration by September 15, 2023.  You may click on the link below to register online. After completing the form you will be redirected to PayPal to complete your purchase.  If you have any questions or difficulties registering, please email us tucsoncelt1@gmail.com. Slainte!

Registration opening July 1, 2023!

 

Thank you to all the Clans and Societies that joined us for the 36th Annual Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games November 4-6, 2022. We hope to see you all again next year!

 

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Clan McBain

Armored Combat Worldwide - Tucson Hellhounds

Clan Baird Society, USA

Clan Buchanan Society International

Clan Cameron

Clan Campbell

Clan Crawford

Clan Donald USA

Clan Douglas

Clan Ferguson Society of North America

Clan Fraser

Clan Gunn

Clan Hall Society

Clan Hamilton

Clan MacCallum-Malcolm Society

Clan Macfie

Clan MacInnes International

Clan Maclachlan Society, WUSA

Clan MacLeod Society USA

Clan MacRae

Clan Sinclair

Clan Stewart Society in America

Clan Urquhart

Clan Wallace

CROFT

Daughters of Scotia Spirit of Alba # 264

Desert Irish Wolfhound Association

Heraldry Society of Scotland/Upland & Ulster Shaw Clans

International Clan MacFarlane Society

Kingdom of Umbria

Murray Clan

Red Dragon America

Scottish American Military Association, Post 81

Seven Pipers Scottish Society of Tucson, Inc.

The House of Burnett

US Coast Guard Auxillary

University of Arizona Celtic Linguistics Lab

Welsh League of Arizona - Tucson Chapter

 

 

 

Stay tuned for Concierge Assistance information.

 


The Definition of a Clan

leader.jpgThe Gaelic word for ‘children’ is more accurately translated as ‘family’ in E’en Do bait Spair Nocht. the sense in which the word Clan became accepted in the Scottish Highlands during the 13th century.

A Clan is a social group whose core comprises a number of families derived from, or accepted as being derived from, a common ancestor.

Almost without exception, that core is accompanied by a further number of dependent and associated families who have either sought the protection of the Clan at some point in history or have been tenants or vassals of its Chief. That Chief is owed allegiance by all members of the Clan, but ancient tradition nevertheless states that the Clan is above the Chief.

Although Gaelic has been supplanted by English in the Lowlands of Scotland for nearly a thousand years, it is an acceptable convention to refer to the great Lowland families, like the Douglas’, as Clans although the heads of certain families, such as Bruce, prefer not to use the term.

Allegiance was generally given to a father’s Clan, but Celtic tradition includes a strong element of descent through, and loyalty to, a mother’s line. In reality, the chief of a Clan would ingather any stranger, of whatever family, who possessed suitable skills, maintained his allegiance and, if required, adopted the Clan surname. We welcome all Clan and Societies to participate in our Festival. To register please submit your application today. Slainte!

Resource for Clan definition: http://www.clangregor.org