Highland Games in Scotland

[creagdhubh]

I just found a site for a new organization (Association Of Highland Clans & Societies [AHCS]) which is Scottish based and was formed this year to help promote themselves and events. They seem to see the importance that working together will help advance their aims. On their site they actually stated (AHCS will run the “Clan Village” at the Inverness Highland Games (replacing the “Hall of the Clans” in Eden Court) which is being provided for us by the Inverness Highland Games Committee.). I think some of the aspects of the "over-seas games" are gaining some merit. Firstly, if you have a Scottish-based clan society you still need to promote it and I think what the AHCS is doing is attemping to do just that. I also think that even though regionally clans took ownership of their territory that isn't the case now. Every region has a mix of clan based names that are not related to that region's traditional clan/clans. On their site they have a list of games and the clan that will be represented there. I think their idea that small local games/gathering may have the regional clan represented but a large event warrants a larger group present. I think they might be onto something. I even contacted my clan (Clan Donnachaidh Society) who are not members of the AHCS to see if this might be something they should look into.

Thank you for sharing this information. I am pleased to see the Clan Macpherson amongst the list of clans, as well as the Clan Chattan Confederation of Clans.

Cheers,