A quick drive by Micro and a
bit of interesting information about the Kennedy Clan (of which I
am a member).
I have driven by this spot a
number of time and each time said it is crying out for a family
cache.
The Kennedys had their home
territory in Carrick
in Ayrshire, in
southwestern Scotland. Originally they were of Pictish/Norse stock from
the Western Isles. In
the fifteenth century, one Ulric Kennedy fled Ayrshire to Lochaber in the
Highlands for refuge, where he was granted protection under the
Chief of Clan Cameron. From this Highland branch, Kennedys settled
on the Isle of Skye. A
branch also was established in northeast Scotland, at Aberdeen. The clan was
one branch of the Celtic Lords of
Galloway.
The Kennedys of nine-county
Ulster, in the north of
Ireland, are mostly of
Scottish origin from the territories of Galloway and Ayr just
across the Irish Sea
20 miles away. Many Scottish Kennedys were planters in Ulster,
and many Scots went south to Dublin and mingled with
the Irish clan.