Clan Muir
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Clan Muir is a Scottish clan that is armigerous. Per certain sources, holders of the surname Muir (also appearing as Mure and Moore), of Ayrshire, have been noted as a possible sept of Clan Boyd, though this is not clearly identified to a reliable resource.[37] A spelling variation More/Moore is a sept of Clan Leslie in Aberdeenshire, and, having genetic proof of Muirs in Aberdeenshire, may have roots in the Mure/Muir line of southwest Scotland.[38]
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Clan Muir | |||
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Mhor,[1] Mór,[2] Mordha [3] | |||
Motto | Durum patientia frango (I overcome difficulty by patience)[4] | ||
War cry | Conlan Abu [5] | ||
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Region | Lowlands Dumfries and Galloway[6] Scottish Border[7] Isles of Orkney[8]Highlands[9] | ||
District | East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire[10] Aberdeenshire[11] Roxburghshire [7] Kirkcudbrightshire [12]Berwickshire [13] Lanarkshire [13] | ||
Plant badge | Rowan tree[14] | ||
Clan Muir no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
Historic seat | Rowallan Castle | ||
Last Chief | The Mure of Rowallan | ||
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However, there are other instances in which links to the Mure/Muir line of southwest Scotland cannot be confirmed. The surname Moir, for example, is a sept of Clan Gordon in the highlands, but is not part of this same group of Mure/Muir/Moore.[39] A single family, the Mores/Moores of Drumcork, are septs of Clan Grant, but there is no evidence of a connection to the Mure/Muir line.[40] Some also project Muir may be a sept of Clan Campbell, though even Clan Campbell considers this unlikely.[41]
This section possibly contains original research. (October 2023) |
All said, however, a convincing argument has been made[who?] that there actually was no Clan Muir prior to the early 19th century;[citation needed] perhaps even the early 20th century.[citation needed] If it came about in the early 19th century, it may have done so solely as part of a revival of Scots nationalism in the wake of the visit to Scotland of King George IV, in 1822;[original research?] was, in part, courtesy of that same sense of nationalism revived in the written works of Sir Walter Scott;[original research?] and was developed around the history of the Mure/Muir lines of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire.[citation needed] In fact, in the earliest history of the Mure/Muir line, in Historie and Descent of the House of Rowallane, Sir William Mure (1594-1657) makes no reference, whatsoever, to a clan system for the Mure/Muir family.[not specific enough to verify] While the book was not published until 1825, the written work itself was produced prior to Sir William Mure's death in 1657.[citation needed] There is no written history of the Muir line known to exist prior to the publication of this work.[original research?] Further, in the second oldest work encompassing a significant amount of material regarding the Mure line from Caldwell, Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell (1854), by George Jardine (1754-1827) and William Mure (1799-1860), there is also no reference to the Mure/Muir lines being part of the clan system.[citation needed][not specific enough to verify]