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  <description><![CDATA[I’m a descendent of the McCaskills of Bay. Alexander was my great 7th grandfather. A  descendent of Alexander, Isabella McCaskill, married a blacksmith finishing his apprenticeship at Loch Harport/Portree and they had their first two children at Portree before moving to Ferrindonald, Sleat to take over the Smithy near there. Two of isabella’s children emigrated to Australia and settled in the Hunter Valley and had many descendents. Isabella’s name was written in the Macleod genealogies as Anne but under Anne is her correct descendent great great grandchild Rev William Gillies. The Gillies descendent’s (great 5th aunts descendents) wrote a book wrote the correct genealogy but the Australian descendants wrote a booklet with the incorrect history of Isabellas family history). So the result was many times, descendents went back to Skye to look for further family history with no luck. I was lucky to find a gillies family tree on line after 3 years looking one day with both of her names and soon after found out she was a great 4th grandaughter of a tacksman at Rubh An Dunain. Descendants of Isabella connecting up after 4 generations connecting Australian descendants of Rubh An Dunain with their past again.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hi l am a descendant of Andrew McCaskey born in 1791 in Ulster region of Ireland, probably county Fermanagh. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, married and later died in Crawford, Ohio. 
 My Ancestors left Scotland and immigrated to Ireland. I am searching for Andrews parents, and have been for a long while, but all Available records have not led to them. His father, (only his surname Is available), born in 1760, and his mother, maiden name Morton & born in 1765. If anyone else is aware of this lineage or has Related ancestors, I would truly be pleased to hear from you. EM: 1gypsylost@cvctx.com Its exciting and interesting to connect with other clan members, So glad to have found this site. I find all of your comments, very interesting. I hope that we can indeed for my new clan McCaskey and perhaps Many of us gather again.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 02:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I am visiting Skye this September. I am a descendant of Allen McCaskill who left Skye for North Carolina some time after 1770. Are we be able to hike out to Rubh' an Dùnain or is it a closed site? My daughter is about to begin her Masters Program at The University of Edinburgh in Medieval European Archeology. She is very interested in studying structures that have had generations of habitation and have built upon previous structures.

We can’t wait to see Skye and would love to meet up with other McCaskill descendants if there is anyone left in the area.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:32:59 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,
I've been trying for some years on and off to find some more information about my grandmother, who was from Glendale. I live near Oban in Scotland.

My grandmother was Marion ('Minnie') McCaskill,  born 28 October 1900.
Her parents were Morag (nee Macleod or McCloud??) and Norman.

Marion was one of 6 siblings (not necessarily in order):
1)(Isa)Bella, oldest (1898?)
2) Marion (1900).
3) Mary, 
4)Jessie (female)
5) An escapee!!! (female).
6) Norman (jnr).

Norman Snr was a ham curer. My mother remembers her grandmother, Morag, carrying incredibly heavy sacks of fish. My mother also remembers drinking warm milk straight from the cow when they visited. She never liked it!

Norman died before his wife and at some point Morag went to live in Glasgow (Knightswood) with all the 6 children.

Morag McCaskill went back to Glendale for a visit and died there. Year?

Marion (my grandmother) worked in Glasgow as a dental receptionist. 

At some point Marion met and married Jim hair (around 1935) and moved out from her mother's home in knightswood.

My mother, Helen Hair, was born 1936.

I've been to Glendale a couple of times and tried to find Norman and Morag's graves but with no luck. 
If anyone knows anything about them I'd love to hear from you. jenny.norris123@gmail.com]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[@Christie Weber I actually really like that tartan. It's beautiful, more so than I expected.

I've found through Leod we are related to the Ui Imair? If anyone could fact check this that would be nice. I'm very confused about the origins of the whole name. If anyone could give me a quick rundown that would be very nice, especially since this is the largest gathering of our kind I've ever seen.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:47:39 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[@Hudson Caskey: We DO have a tartan. It's an inversion of one of the 2 MacLeod Tartans. 

The clan/sept system actually didn't go anywhere. The court of Lord Lyon is  the only remaining active heraldic registry in Europe, as far as I know. But we are a sept, not a clan. Though I suppose, if we fully claimed Rubh an Dunain, that could be argued. If we felt like it. Seems like a lot of challenge for not much reward. 

Anyway, the tartan:
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=2310]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:33:05 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I am a decendant of the McCaskills that immigrated to Canada in the 19th century.  They first settled around Lindsay/Bethany Ontario then moved west to homestead around McGregor/Hart/Austen Manitoba. My great grandparents spoke only Gaelic.  There are still McCaskill families in both locations in Ontario and Manitoba. Many of the McCaskill were farmers but later generations (including my grandfather) moved to Winnipeg Manitoba. It is interesting that there were many McCaskills in Manitoba who were in various law enforcement roles including a Winnipeg Police Chief (in keeping with the family'f traditinal role in the clan). 
I taught at Trent University in Peterborough Ontario for 47 years and now live in Toronto.
I visited Rubh' an Dunain in the 80's and loved the stark beauthy of the place. I hope to go back for a longer time to do the family history.  I think that this idea of a virtual community.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Descendant of the McCaskey's who settled in the Eastern Kentucky region. I'd love to visit especially after learning about the roots in Calgary, Canada. Can't wait to see how this whole project goes and be able to connect with other kin.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:09:42 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[My Mother was a McKaskle. There are a whole bunch of descendants with that spelling in the U.S. from our one ancestor, Daniel "Donald" McKaskle, 1755–1815 and his wife Mary Ann McCoy,1770–1825.

We would love to connect back to Scotland.

Supposedly the spelling was a mistake by either Bonnie Prince Charles or his father and which ever ancestor is Scotland that received the letter said if it was good enough for them, its good enough for us.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:52:12 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I am belgian living now in France for almost 45 years
The first time I was in Drynoch (The isle of Skye) was in 1968 (i was 17 y) and i was hitchhiking.
Mr Macaskill James picked us ( me and a schoolfriend) up and we stayed 1 week camping in his garden
He told us he came back from Rhodesia and he was a shepherd
He also said us he had a few children studying in Glasgow I think or maybe
Edinburg
He tild us he had a son named Alastair
I visited him again in 1973 and in 1980 ( I even helped sheepscheering)
He told us a lot of stories of the macaskills and mcleods
I would like to know if the Alastair managing this website is related to James Macaskill and if so would he be able to give me some news
My email = hlambeets@gmail.com
I really enjoyed visiting the Isle of Skye and I remember that there were only 4 or 5 houses in Drynoch whereunder a house owned by an english guy named Mr Wakefield if my memory is ok

Thank you in advance
Hugo Lambeets]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:50:52 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I'd love to know more about my Scottish heritage]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:40:44 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hey guys do we have an offical tartan? maybe we should restart the clan system. Who knows? hopefully i can meet some of you guys someday]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:39:44 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I will try to help in whatever way i can. I want to see our lands be gloried in Scotland once again. Me and my family are visiting Europe in a year or two so we will definitly visit on our way to Ireland (sorry for my bad grammar i am still a kid). I want to see the family lands flourish again as if it was 1100 again (or whenever it was great) i will definitly consider becoming a virtual citizen.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:03:47 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I have never been to this place but i am a descendant of the McCaskey family also known as McAskill I hope someday i may come to the homeland and meet some cousins that are still in the area. I would love to talk to anyone that is a relative i have never been out of the US and hope to have the privlage to come someday and see my true home.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:50:34 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I visited Rubh' an Dunain mid 2015.  I first visited the churchyard ruins then spent the rest of the day at Rubh' an Dunain.  It was quite an emotional time as I reflected on the life my ancestors lived.  I was in awe of their ability to shift such masses of large rocks to build the dun and the long rock wall.  I am keen to return with my young family as soon as we are able to share this place with them while we still can. 
Donald McCaskill 1798–1872 • Craignish, Minginish was my 3rd great-grandfather]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 03:15:55 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I had the privilege to visit Skye in 2018, and visited the old clan church ruins, it was real honor to be on the land McCaskill Clan worked.
It was a spiritual moment of reconnecting to my ancestors.
I was unware at the time the old village was nearby otherwise l would visited it too.
But Very Sad to see there were no signs, walking paths, display boards or memorials mentioning McCaskills, and seeing the church in such ruins.

I hope this Group with Cooperation of the Residents of Skye, the McLeod Clan, Scotland Tourism/Government , Scotland Hertiage, Current Land Owners and any other interested  parties willing aid/assist, create an aim and mission to preserve and of improve existing McCaskill ruins of Clan.

Im a double Great Son Peter McCaskill born lse of Skye b1840 and departed for Geelong, Victoria Australia in 1852 with his parents and siblings.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hi,
My husband and I are visiting Skye in July 2020. We would love tp meet up with any McCaskill's. We will be staying near Struan at Ose. I see a comment here about visiting the Viking settlement by boat. Where does this go from ?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I am a descendant of the McCaskill/MacAskill family that left Skye in 1852 for Geelong in Victoria Australia. I have traced my family back to 1776 in the area and established that they were crofters.
I have visited Skye 7 times, but the last trip in 2012 was the highlight as I chartered a fast boat to take me to Rubh' an Dunain and up the canal to the Lock where the birlinns were placed in dry dock and the site housed the remnants of the Viking settlement. It was just breathtaking and for me it was almost visiting a very spiritual place that gave me a sense of "home". I have explored a number of the graveyards, some of them abandoned and requiring access via fording a stream. I too was concerned that an amazing historical record is likely to be damaged beyond repair.
Being so far from Skye and the larger groups of MacAskills/McCaskills that centre on the USA and Canada, this site will be a brilliant way of connecting all of us who trace our heritage to Rubh' an Dunain. I would be willing to help in any way possible.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:37:36 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hello. I was in Skye just last month (July, 2019) with my mother to trace ancestral roots. We are descendents of the McCaskey lineage (aka  MacAskill, https://www.houseofnames.com/mccaskey-family-crest), who immigrated to Canada and the USA in the1800s.
 
I felt a very deep connection to Skye and continue my research of my past and people. How fortunate to stumble upon this website. We did not get to the graveyard on Rubh' an Dunain, but I am planning my next trip (2020). I would love to be part of this project and connect with others of similar lineage. I, too, think the concept of repopulating this area via an online community is exciting. I would love to help in whatever way possible.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:39:03 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I have MacAskill/McCaskill lineage and also have Ancestry DNA (as well as my male twin).  I am related to the McCaskills that immigrated to the USA in  North Carolina starting in the 1770s.  I visited Skye and walked on part of the land, Rubh' an Dunain in October 2018. I was told by a local to visit an old graveyard a few minutes drive away where the family is buried. And on a cool rainy day, we did that.  

Very old and with slabs with swords etched in the stone. BUT  I am concerned about the graveyard and the condition that it is in. This graveyard with an old church? has  McCaskill and MacLeod family members along with other surnames from the 1400s-1800. There is a bush growing in the McCaskill graves, and overturned very heavy and large stone. Moss is growing on the words. Words that are harder to read and appear to be a genealogy record etched on the stone marker--the largest I have seen, I have a picture and video of my sister and I read this headstone. I have more pictures. I want to try and to repair, and cut that bush out--but need help. Who can I contact or is willing to go me to help?   I am 50 years old.  I fear much will be lost.

I will return in Spring 2020. My email is roberta6469@msn.com if you have an interest. I found a book on relics and the actual name of the graveyard.  Some of the relics are store in Edinburgh from this graveyard/church when the book was written in the 1920s. 
I also want to make the full walk on Rubh' an Dunain to see what I missed.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 05:33:16 +0100</pubDate>
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