| Guy C. Irvin, Chairman and Lieutenant to the Chief, members of the Board of Directors, and the Clan Irwin Commissioners, extend to those of you visiting our official website, CEAD MILE FAILTE, A Hundred Thousand Welcomes! David Charles Irvine, Twenty-Sixth Baron of Drum and Chief of the Name, has sanctioned the article regarding Drum Castle and the twenty-six lairds of Drum. |
The way you spell the name (over 270 ways to date) matters little! It is more important that the same Scottish Clan has existed for more than ten centuries and continues today; historic in its contribution to the nation of Scotland; central to the Scottish “Plantation of Ireland”; and impressive in the importation of culture and strength to the American colonies by the Scots and the Scots-Irish. The line reaches back to the High Kings of Ulster (Ireland) and has come unbroken to this day. |
