Clan MacRae is a Clan of great antiquity. The first of the MacRaes came from Ulster to the Inverness area about 1200 AD. They soon moved to Kintail in the western highlands and were well established by 1400.

MacRae chieftains served as constables of Eilean Donan castle, chamberlains for Clan MacKenzie, and vicars of the parish church.

The MacRaes were Jacobites and fought in all of the Jacobite "risings." In 1715 the MacRaes took heavy losses at the battle of Sherrifmuir. In 1719 another rising was staged in the MacRae country of Kintail. The Jacobites were defeated and Eilean Donan castle was destroyed.

When the economic clearances arrived in Kintail the MacRaes moved into exile in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

In the twentieth century Eilean Donan castle was restored, a Clan MacRae Society was founded in Scotland and Memorials to clan history were erected.

Clan MacRae is represented in the United States by the Clan MacRae Society of North America. The Society was founded at Grandfather Mountain in 1973. Membership is open to all persons bearing the name MacRae in any of its forms and spellings, or any sept name of the clan MacRae, or the wife or descendant of such a person.

In 2008 Lord Lyon King of Arms devised and granted Ensigns Armorial to the Clan MacRae Society of North America. The Coat of Arms is shown at the top of this page.

For more information about Clan MacRae visit the website at www.macrae.org .