Take a wander through the Glen of the Clans to meet your fellow Scots and learn more about Scotland's fascinating Clan history. You can also meet and join many of Northern California's Scottish Societies who, along with the clans, help to keep the spirit of Scotland very much alive in this neuk of California.
Please see the Games interactive map to assist in locating Clan & Societies in the Glen of the Clans
American Scottish Gaelic Society
Caledonian Club of San Francisco
Calaveras Celtic Faire Society
Clan Anderson
Clan Arthur/MacArthur
Clan Buchanan
Clan Campbell Society
Clan Carmichael
Clan Cian
Clan Cochran in North America
Clan Crawford Association
Clan Cunningham International
Clan Donald USA
Clan Donnachaidh
Clan Douglas Society of North America
Clan Ewing
Clan Farquharson
Clan Forbes
Clan Fraser
Clan Gunn
Clan Guthrie
Clan Hamilton
Clan Hannay
Clan Hay
Clan Henderson Society
Clan Irwin Association
Clan Kincaid
Clan Little Society of North America
Clan MacAlister Society
Clan MacBean
Clan Macintyre
Clan MacKay
Clan Mackintosh
Clan MacLaine
Clan MacLaren
Clan MacLachlan
Clan MacLean
Clan MacLellan
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacNaughton
Clan MacNichol
Clan McCandlish
Clan McFie
Clan McPherson
Clan Montgomery
Clan Munro
Clan Ramsay International
Clan Scott Society
Clan Stewart Society of North America
Clan Wallace
Clan Watson
Dixon Scottish Cultural Association
Family of Bruce
Firth of Forth Clan
Graham of the West
Heraldry Society of Scotland
Herd Family Association
House of Boyd Society
House of Gordon USA
International Clan MacFarlane Society
Knights of Saint Andrew
Maxwell Clan Society
Mother Lode Scots
Murray Clan Society of North America
Nevada Society of Scottish Clans
Northern Nevada Celtic Ceilidh
Pleasanton-Blairgowrie-Fergus Sister City Organization (PBFSCO)
Saint Andrew’s Society of The East Bay
Saint Andrew’s Society of San Francisco
Scottish American Military Society Post 1921
Shamrock Club of Sacramento
South Bay Scottish Society
Turnbull Clan Association
Join the Caledonian Club of San Francisco Chaplain, Bruce Cummings for the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan Sunday morning service — a cherished tradition of prayers and blessing at the annual Scottish Games.
The Rev. Peter Marshall is widely regarded as the originator of the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan service. During the Second World War, while serving at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., Rev. Marshall held prayer services to raise funds for British war relief. At one such service on April 27, 1941 (though some accounts cite May 1943), he delivered a sermon entitled “The Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans.” From that moment, a tradition — and a legend — was born.
