Clan Donnachaidh Society Upper Midwest History
In June 1986, at the Illinois St.
Andrew Highland Games, Patricia and Gordon met Marj. Patricia
and Gordon asked Marj about Clan Donnachaidh. Marj said that it
had disbanded and she asked when they were going to restart it.
They told her that they would think about it.
In September 1986, Joanne called
Patricia and Gordon to discuss starting the Clan again. Joanne
told them she had got their names from Marj who told her that they were
going to start the clan again and would know what to do. So they
got together about 12 people and worked on starting the Clan.
The first thing they did was put a
table at the Scottish Fair at the Irish American Center in Chicago which
was in October 1986. There they got some more people to sign up.
By the end of 1986, they had written the by-laws and they were
officially Clan Donnachaidh Society Upper Midwest.
Clan Donnachaidh Society, Pacific
Northwest donated 3 durks which were raffled to raise funds for us.
Since that time, the Clan created the Clishmaclaver for all Clan members
to keep us up to date with Clan activities. Gordon and Patricia
also started the Taste of Scotland at their home. This gave
everyone a reason to get together and, of course, to try some Scotch.
In February 1990, Gordon and Patricia
hosted the North American Conference of Clan Donnachaidh Presidents in
Chicago. The Friday before the event, Marj phoned Gordon and told
him that Struan found out about the event and wanted to know if he could
attend. Which he did. Struan also returned in February 1993
for a 5 branch tour in 9 days for the Kick-off to the Centinnerary Year.
Since that time, the Clan continues to grow and our membership expand. |
