Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit Bridge of Orchy, Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Urchaidh, a village in Glen Orchy in Argyll And Bute, Highlands. Glen Orchy was one of the major homes of Clan Gregor until the clan was outlawed in 1603 by King James VI. The settlement of Glenorchy, in New Zealand, was named after Glen Orchy. The west coast of Scotland and the rocky Hebrides islands are the ancient home of the Gregor family. The root of their name is the given name Gregory. The Gaelic form of the name was Mac Griogain, which translates as son of Gregory. The surname Gregor was first found in Argyllshire, Gaelic erra Ghaidheal, the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, as their origins can be traced back to Griogair, son of the eighth century King Alpin of Scotland, the High King of the Scots and Picts who died in 860 AD. Hence, their famous motto translates from Gaelic as 'Royal is my blood.' They are the principal branch of the Siol Alpine whose representative, King Kenneth the Hardy, was son of MacAlpin, the first King of the Scots. Gregor has been spelled MacGregor, MacGrigor, MacGrioghair in Gaelic and others.
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