Are Campbells STILL not welcome in some parts of Scotland??

[Big Paul]

We joke and tease, but that probably needs to be identified as joking. The Campbell family was not responsible for what took place at Glencoe and for people to cling to those old misconceptions is bad enough, let alone try to carry a grudge over them.

The fact that so many Lamonts died at the hands of the Campbells is not a pleasant thing, but neither were the Clearances. And, as I've mentioned elsewhere, had some of those events not taken place, where would I be? Each one of us is a result of all the experiences of our ancestors, both good and bad.

Well said!

[bubba]

My mother is in the DAR and one lady in her chapter is a Campbell. They tease each other now and then about the Campbell/MacDonald thing and Glen Coe, but it's in jest. They are good friends. Frankly, I doubt very many take that all seriously today and the few who do are the type that would complain if you hanged em with a new rope. It's long gone history. Good to remember but too far in the past for grudges.

[highlander_Daz]

Told you!
and well said Mike !

[Casey]

I have counted Campbells as my friends throughout my life.

Interesting for a mixture of MacGregor and Gordon living in Canada.

I am grateful not to be part of any feuds.

As John Lennon said, "Give peace a chance." Come to think of it, he said that from a bed in Canada.

[Deolain]

One interesting fall out from the Campell feud(s) surfaces in the inner workings and planning for some of our modern highland games. There a still heated arguments regarding the placement of the clan tents in relation to the Campbell tent.

These are undoubtedly the same people who are bothered by Clan Inebriated.

Are we not all going to these just to have fun? :grin:

[clancelt]

Here we have a Campbell and a MacDonald working together, they are rib'n each other nonstop, but with a good heart. I also have a family where all the Gunn boys married Keith girls, and this opens me up to some fun poking back and forth. In my family, good ole Scot Texans, not much has changed. Fueds are still here. We still have family that will shun another because of some wrong imagined or real. I know that may seem strange to most people, but it's a different world. Trust me.

Now as for the Campbell thing, I know in Cape Breton the fued is still alive and well. In fact the week before I was there visiting there was a stabbing during a Campbell/MacDonald bumping of heads.

So I guess it all depends on where and who you are dealing with. Run into a bar that has a sign saying Campbells are not welcome and you could be in for a light rib'n, or you may be the excuse some drunk was looking for to start a fight.

Feel the place out. God gave us a gift to smell out places we are not welcome. If you walk in and they don't want you there, you'll feel it. Your first instinct is usually correct.

[oregonscot]

I am from the clan Lamont, yes what happened to my ancestors at the hands of the Campbells was horrible, but one should not hold the sons responsable for the sins of the father. I have friends who have the last name of Campbell and we get along just fine. I envy you having the chance to go "Home", if only for a visit. Have a grand time from one scot to another.

[James]

There will always be a few people-mostly afar who try and persist with old feuds.

However a glance at the histories of most highland clans will suggest that over the years they managed to fight on most sides-steal women, cattle and money-not of necessity in that order-whilst as for feuds!

So it is probably best to regard the past as being of the past: and if encountering any odd individual who wishes to persist in reliving the past-walk away.

For it is all too easy to imagine the highlands in some sort of Brigadoon light-the reality being that they were hard people living in a harsh land.

I recently saw the film Gangs of New York-that probably would be a useful comparison.

Despite what I've written above, I'm proud to be a clansman.

James