Tour Scotland photograph of the Duncan MacDiarmid Celtic Cross gravestone in the cemetery in Kippen, Scotland. Kippen is a village in west Stirlingshire. It lies between the Gargunnock Hills and the Fintry Hills and overlooks the Carse of Forth to the north. The village is 9 miles west of Stirling and 20 miles north of Glasgow. It is 4.5 miles south east of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first National Park.
The Scottish clan MacDairmid, the surname also being spelt MacDarmid, MacDearmid, MacDearmaid, MacDiarmid, MacDearmont, MacDairmond, MacDermand, and all the short forms commencing " M c", derives from the ancient pre 7th century Gaelic Mac Dhiarmaid, meaning " the son of Dermid ". Church register recordings include the marriage of Neil McDermid and Isabella Brown on July 23rd 1857, at Glenmuick, Aberdeen, whilst Daniel McDiarmed married Jane Doherty at Londonderry, Ireland, on December 16th 1865. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Nemeas Mactarmayt, vicar of Kilchoman in Islay, in 1427, during the reign of King James 1st of Scotland.
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