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Welcome to the Clan Gunn and the Clan Gunn Society website. The Clan Gunn is one of the oldest Scottish clans descended from the Norse Jarls of Orkney and the Pictish Mormaers of Caithness. The Clan was originally based on the east coast of Caithness, but from the fifteenth century the senior line settled in the Strath of Kildonan in north east Sutherland; the Robson Gunns had their seat in Braemore in south east Caithness and the third main family established themselves in Cattaig and Dalemore on the upper reaches of the River Thurso. Today there are members of the Clan and Clan Gunn Societies in the UK, North America, Nova Scotia, New Zealand and Australia bound by strong links of friendship and kinship. We are proud of our Clan Heritage Centre at Latheron in Caithness based in the old Parish Church of Latheron which has provided a focal point for the Clan since it opened in 1985. Our clan archive is one of the most comprehensive, thanks to the work of Dr. Colin Gunn and our current clan genealogist Abb Gunn of Alpharetta, Georgia, USA. 2009 will be Scotland's Year of Homecoming initiated by the Scottish Executive. We are due to hold our triennial International Gathering that year and we intend to link this with the two-day International Gathering of the Clans and Highland Games in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, to be held over the weekend of 25th and 26th July 2009. I hope that as many of the Clan Gunn as possible will be able to join in this very special occasion starting in Edinburgh and ending in the clan homelands in Caithness and Sutherland. I am delighted, as Ceann Cath of the Clan, to welcome you to our extended family and hope that we may meet at Homecoming Scotland 2009. With all good wishes Iain Gunn of Banniskirk |
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