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The Stories of Clan Logan
Every month we celebrate a different Scottish Clan and August has been dedicated to the Logans we have had so many lovely stories sent to us by members of the Clan, so we thought we would collate them all in one place to share our favourites with you.
Charles 'Ed' Logan Senior
Charles has always dreamed of representing his clan at a Scottish festival and this year those dreams became a reality, read on to find out about his exciting weekend!
This year at Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games I was able to fulfill my dream of hosting a Clan Logan Society Stand! I had not attended a games since the Central Florida games in January 2019 and so I was excited to get back to where I belonged, speaking to people about clans and genealogy. There was an amazing turn out of 48 clan tents at the games, as well as Scottish vendors, pipe bands, highland dancers and plenty of people passionate about Scottish culture! I can’t wait to attend my next Highland games as proud member of Clan Logan!
Randy Horne
Randy is a member of the Clan Logan Society International and has been attending The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games every year for the past 12 years, last year he even visited the event ground on the weekend the games would have been going ahead because he feels such a connection to Grandfather Mountain. Read his account of the games this year.
I was so pleased to attend The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games again this year to represent Clan Logan Society alongside my good friend Ed Logan. It was the best attended we could remember seeing the games with 85 clans in attendance! I have been attending the games for 12 consecutive years now, with Ed attending for the past 17 years, impressive dedication for sure, but these games are that special. We were so saddened last year when the games were not able to go ahead, no games, no pipes, no families, no clans, which is why we will not be taking the games for granted anymore and we are going to try and visit even more events in the future, with the spirit of my Logan heritage in full swing!
Jack Logan
Jack inherited his Logan Ancient kilt from his grandfather and feels very proud of his Scottish roots whenever he wears it, he loves the colours of the tartan so much he had a baby rompermade and little kiltmade for his daughter in the matching tartan. His mother's tartan is actually the MacLeod of Lewis but he much prefers the Logan colours.
Josh Loggins
Josh is a member of the Clan Logan Society International Facebook Group, a place where members of the society share stories about their research into their family tree, Josh recently shared this story and it was too interesting not to include in our Clan Logan Stories blog!
Our family name was changed from Logan to Loggins in 1730 upon coming from Ireland to Virginia. We were in Ireland one generation and before that Scotland. I’m a direct descendant of Robert Logan of Restalrig, and trace back from there, one of his grandfathers (also Robert Logan) who married Princess Katherine Stewart (daughter of Robert II King of Scots), and their son was Simon Logan.
Read all about Sir Robert's notorious grandson, deemed "one of the darkest characters of that dark age" on our page dedicated to all things Clan Logan.
Patrick Logan
During our celebrations of the Clan we also had the pleasure of interviewing members of the Clan Logan Society and first up was Patrick Logan the Ontario representative for the Clan Logan Society of Canada! Watch the interview to find out about Patrick's connection to the clan and how he first became involved with the society.
Steven Logan
The next member of Clan Logan Society of Canada we had the pleasure of interviewing was Steven Logan, the founder of the society! Steven has been very involved with the Scottish-Canadian community for many years now and we first met him during our tour of Canadian Highland games in 2019.
Steven is also the Clans Director at Montreal Highland Games and was one of few to be able to attend the 45th Montreal Highland Games in person at the start of the month.
The games were heavily restricted this year, primarily celebrated virtually across the world with thousands tuning in to witness Jason Baines breaking a new Guinness World Record by tossing 161 cabers in one hour! We are secretly hoping Jason might attempt to break his own record again next year and that we may also be able to watch this incredible feat in person!
Now that August has come to an end, that doesn't mean our love for Clan Logan is over, so be sure to get in touch with us if you fancy chatting all things Clan Logan!
