As you may have gleaned from my signature, one of my Irish family names is Carey. For a start, I'm not entirely sure if it's a clan in its own right or a sept of something bigger.

On a whim, I decided to see if Scotclans listed it as a sept of a Scottish clan. Indeed it did, of Stirling. However, when I got to the Stirling page it said that there are no recognised septs of the clan. So what's the connection? As far as I know, Carey is almost exclusively an Irish name, so did an early descendent of the Stirlings move to Ireland? Any other explaination? Or is Scotclans just having me on?