Talk:Clan Munro
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QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Some of the info here was researched using an online version of a book first published in 1764 by the Foulis Press. It was called "The History of the Feuds and Conflicts Among the Clans in the Northern Parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles: from the year M.XX1 unto M.B.C.XIX". It can be found here, modernised to 1890 orthography standards:[[1]]
- How necessary is the line in the opening paragraph that the clan are "of native Scottish Gael" ? There is no such thing as a clan which was not of Scottish Gaels ( clans being a purely Gaelic phenomenon although of course some had origins in incoming Norman families who were Gaelicized) and im not aware of any modern status as being especially Gaelic ( Munro is as Anglicized as the rest of the clans nowadays sadly) which might merit it. The statement seems superfluous to me. An Siarach
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- Well maybe there is no need for the line "of native Scottish Gael" then. Perhaps it should be removed ?
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[edit] Foulis Castle Pictures
All sources were quoted for all the Foulis Castle pictures. Also permission was given from their relevant sites to use them. So there is no need to delete them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.137.109.177 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Earliest Munros
Lets just get this straight. The first Munro was recorded in the 11th century but they were not recorded at foulis until the 14th century (1300s).
[edit] Article to long
If this Clan Munro article is to long and needs to be shortened then the section on Foulis Castle could be removed as it has its own article anyway.
mjgm84 11:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article content
Hi, I just wanted to keep the article to the minimum 32K. Also the bot removed an external link, fine but it removed all my previous edits too. I just restored them. All due respect TW. QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] De Munro
Robert Munro, "killed in an obscure skirmish fighting in defense of Uilleam III, Earl of Ross in 1369", is referred to as "Robert de Munro". The "de" prefixt (denoting someone "of", "from", a given place) demonstrates that Munroe was a placename adapted as a surname. There may or may not be substance to the claim that they were O Cathain of Derry, but I have thus not seen it recorded in any extant Gaelic sources. I would direct anyone interested to Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh's Leabhar na nGenealach, which is one of the largest collection of Gaelic, Scottish and Anglo-Irish still in existence. Is mise, Fergananim (talk) 20:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
