Clan Society Project
Clan McCulloch is an armigerous clan” that has not had a chief recognized by the Court of Lord Lyon since the death of John McCulloch of Barholm in 1851. Just as many Scots have spread around the world as part of the “Scottish Diaspora” the McCullochs (of various spellings) are now found around the world, primarily in English speaking countries of North America and Australia.
As an initial step, the Clan McCulloch Clan Society has been formed in 2021. Our hope is to bring more rigorous research into the family history, primarily in the contexts of Galloway and Ross-shire.
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Directors
Brennan MacDowell
Nicholas McCullough
Douglas McCullough
Origins
“The name McCulloch is one of the oldest in Galloway. It is of Celtic origin and indicates that the family of that name sprang from the early British inhabitants of that district. Naturally, a family of such antiquity can boast of a number of fanciful legends concerning its origin.” Thus begins Walter Jameson McCulloch’s “GALLOWAY FAMILIES OF McCULLOCH.”
It has been said that the name McCulloch is “Ultra memoriam hominium,” or from before human memory. According to SurnameDB: “The first known recording is that of Thomas Maculagh, given in the records of the proceedings of the government of Scotland as being “del counte de Wyggetone” in the year 1296. This was when he gave his allegiance to the government of John Balioll known as “The Interregnum” of 1296, it being overthrown by Robert, The Bruce, in 1306.”