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visit these sites to browse their many excellent photographs and learn
more about our heritage.
[Page last updated: 29-Apr-2007.]
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe from the Sea
This photo of the castle with its scaffolding, taken from the sea
by Tom Richard on 9 October 2004, appeared
on the front page of Caithness.org, the Caithness Community
Web Site and may still be found in its
October 2004 Headlines Archive.
More photos in their Caithness... - Castles
pages.
Halkirk Games 2004 Procession
Another photo from the Caithness Community Web Site, in the
Entertainment - Local Galas section, shows Margaret Lady Thurso, Chieftain
of the Halkirk Games, carrying a "cromach", leading the 2004
opening procession with her elder son John Thurso (left) and Peter Murchison,
head of the Games committee.
To explore the Caithness Community Web Site, go to www.Caithness.org.
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The Chief at Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
This photo from about 2000 is of the hereditary chief of Clan Sinclair,
the Earl of Caithness, at his ancestral seat, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Photo posted by David Sinclair-Sherratt in his Friends and Family
Photo Album:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Girnigoe/family.htm.
Niven Sinclair
Another photo from the Friends and Family Photo Album
shows senior clansman Niven Sinclair taking a bow at a Clan meeting.
Photo: William D Sinclair @ BL Hall, Thurso.
This album links back to the Nosshead Lighthouse Window,
which has photos of the ClanSinclair Study Centre and the Niven Sinclair
Library, and the nearby castle.
To see more photos in David Sinclair-Sherratt's Friends and Family
album, go to http://members.lycos.co.uk/Girnigoe/family.htm.
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Rory with his Smallpipes
Mel Sinclair posted many photos and a
report
on the 2004 Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville,
North Carolina at his family website:
ClanSinclairSC.org.
This photo is of Clan Sinclair Canada's President,
Rory "Gus" Sinclair, playing his smallpipes
at the Saturday reception.
Dirleton Castle in the Snow
This winter photo of Dirleton Castle, about 25 miles east
of Edinburgh, is on
Andrew Spratt's page
of photos, prints and narratives, also at
Mel Sinclair's family website.
(Andrew Spratt, custodian at Dirleton Castle, presents slide
shows on Scottish history for schools and societies.)
To read more at Mel Sinclair's Family Website, go to www.ClanSinclairSC.org.
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Clan Sinclair at the Georgetown Games
The website Electric Scotland sponsors a
Best Clan Tent award at selected Highland Games. During his visit to Ontario
in June 2004, webmaster Alastair McIntyre attended the Georgetown Highland
Games and took this photo of
our Clan Sinclair tent in the bright sunshine. Clan genealogist Wanda Sinclair, who
may be glimpsed inside, is a regular at the Georgetown
Games.
The Chief at the Free Times Café
The day after Toronto's St Andrew's Ball, the Sinclair Clan Chief
visited Toronto's Free Times Café where CSAC President Rory Sinclair's
band was playing. Electric Scotland webmaster Alastair McIntyre, now
a resident of Canada, also dropped by and took some photos
of the event, including this one of Clan Sinclair USA's Mary Selver chatting
with the Earl of Caithness.
To explore the Electric Scotland website, go to www.ElectricScotland.com.
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