29-11-2023
Sad News
Failte Clann Ceapach,
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Chief Ranald Alasdair MacDonald of Keppoch. The Chief died peacefully in his sleep on the 11th of October, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ranald is survived by his wife Margaret, his 4 sons and 2 daughters as well as many grandchildren. Our Chief’s successor is his son Kenneth Donald MacDonald of Keppoch, who now inherits his father's titles.
We would like to thank all the well wishers from around the world for their support and prayers during this difficult time.
Chief Ranald Alasdair MacDonald of Keppoch and of the Honourable Clan Ranald of Lochaber Mac Mhic Raonuill
1930 - 2023
Loved and remembered always
30-12-2020
What a year!
Seasons greetings to all the Keppoch clan, family and friends, in Scotland and across the diaspora. We hope you are all well despite this being one of the most difficult years we have had to endure. We can only hope and pray that things will improve, for everyone.
We were fortunate to have some good news when our new grandson was born on 19th November 2020. He is our son Kenneth’s and his partner Therese's first child. They have named him Ivar Alexander (Iomhar Alasdair) and he is a strong healthy child. We wish him all the best for now and the future.
We hope you all stay well and keep safe.
Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig!
Keppoch
11-07-2018
The Prestonpans Battle Re-enactment and Celebrate
Greetings all Keppoch Clan,
The Prestonpans Battle Re-enactment is taking place on the 15 and 16th of September 2O18. We have been invited to attend by the Chairman, Dr Prestoungrange.
As this is in remembrance of an important event in history I would urge you to come along if possible. The battle was won by the Jacobites; our clan was prominent amongst them. This is a big event with lots of activities going on including re-enactments of the battle and a parade... There will be fun for all the family.
For more information please refer to the official website.
All the best,
Keppoch
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A warm and cordial
welcome to Keppoch clansmen world-wide.
This site has
been designed especially with you in mind, and I trust and sincerely
hope, that it is stimulating and beneficial to you all.
It is the first
for the Clan Ranald of Lochaber, and is in the process of being
developed. So please be patient, and you will I feel sure, find
it both interesting and rewarding. It will eventually contain a
wealth of information to help all those seeking further details
of our clan, its origin, its present status and future aims. Its
primary aim is to reunite our clan after a long interval of 156
years, and to facilitate easier and better communication between
us all.
You will be
able to communicate and create friendships with clansmen throughout
the world. We will establish links with other well established web
sites of similar interests, and others of diverse but interesting
and helpful inter-related subjects, such as : current Scottish News
at Home and Abroad, on-line Gaelic language courses, music and song,
educational Gaelic teaching organizations, magazines etc, Scottish
/Celtic history, and genealogical services, entertainment, tourism,
shopping etc. It will be an exciting one -stop-shop for all those
interested in their clan's origins and heritage.
MAC
MHIC RAONUILL |
ENSIGNS ARMORIAL :,
THEREFORE, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, for aught yet seen (Primo) MAINTAINS, RATIFIES and CONFIRMS unto the Petitioner and his heirs male, Chief of the Name and Arms of MacDonald of Keppoch and of the Honourable Clanranald, Mac'ic Raonuill, the following Ensigns Armorial, videlicet:- Quarterly, 1st, Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure, 2nd, Argent, a dexter hand Gules holding a cross crosslet fitchée Sable, 3rd, Argent, a lymphad sails unfurled and oars in action Sable flagged Gules, 4th, Azure, a salmon naiant Proper. Above the Shield is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Gules doubled Or 6 7 , and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest an eagle displayed Gules crowned of a ducal coronet Or, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "AIR MUIR 'S TIR" and in another Escrol below the same this Motto "DIA 'S NAOMH AINDREA"; and on a compartment below the Shield comprising a rock Proper charged with the outline of a footprint are set for Supporters two wild boars Azure armed Argent langued Gules crined Or, each holding a Lochaber axe, its head facing outwards, Proper the cutting edge Sanguinée; and for his Standard three and a half metres long having Azure a St. Andrew's Cross Argent in the hoist of two tracts Gules and Or with his Crest depicted once and the slogan "DIA 'S NAOMH AINDREA" in letters Sable in the fly; and for his Pinsel 135 centimetres long and 60 centimetres high Gules, bearing the foresaid Crest within a strap of leather Gules buckled and embellished Argent inscribed with the Motto "AIR MUIR 'S AIR TIR" in letters also Argent all within a circlet of the Last, fimbriated Azure, bearing his title "MAC'IC RAONUILL" in letters Gules and in the fly, surmounted of a sprig of white heather Proper, being the proper plant-Badge of Clanranald of Lochaber, the slogan "DIA 'S NAOMH AINDREA" in letters Sable, and (Secundo) GRANTS WARRANT to the Lyon Clerk to matriculate the foresaid Ensigns Armorial in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
