Clan Campbell eNewsletter April, 2015 Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family at Inveraray, July 2014 The Mac Cailein Mor: A definitive ruling on the translation of the Campbell chief’s title by Carl Guilford, CCSNA vice-president, region 10 commissioner, and Gaelic scholar According to Alastair Campbell of Airds in "A History of Clan Campbell," Vol. 1, p. 53: "So fell Cailean Mor who was to give his name to the title of future Chiefs of the Clan Campbell who take their title of Mac Cailein Mor from him. (The name is Cailean in Gaelic which becomes Cailein in the genitive.) Gaelic speakers point out that in that form it means 'Great Son of Colin' rather than 'Son of Colin the Great'. This is technically correct; as it happens we do not know if Colin was ever so named for being 'the Great' or merely for being large in size, in which case Cailean Mor would merely mean 'Big Colin'. From the scanty record of his doings it is not easy to see why he should merit the compliment 'the Great', but that is at least as likely to be due to lack of record of the period as to any lack of worth on his part." For two reasons it is important that we correct our long mistranslated title so that we always note that Mac Cailein Mòr [with a space between each word, as Airds has it] means Great Son of Colin: 1) It is the correct translation from the Gaelic. 2) It describes our <<<<<current Chief as Great, not merely his ancient ancestor. Like many of you, I have met our current Chief, and I can attest that he is Great: he's a Great Guy with a Great Family, and they all live in a Great Castle. And he carries well the Great Responsibility of being our Clan Chief. So, let's give credit where credit is due: Mac Cailein Mòr means Great Son of Colin. To this end, I have edited the Commissioner Handbook to give a closer phonetic pronunciation of the Gaelic and the correct translation. This is akin to correcting the origin of the name Campbell, which The Journal article notes was once attributed to the Latin "Campo Bello," but later corrected to the Gaelic "caim beul." It also reminds me of the slow but steady campaign to rid ourselves of the unauthorized "Campbell of Argyll" tartan (with the gold/white stripes), which has been a resounding success. It is important that we get our Clan history and our Society symbols right. Thank you for your help with these ongoing tasks! Above, Scotland contributing JOURNAL editor Duncan Beaton shows the visiting American Campbells the gravestone (decorated with his broadsword) of Cailein Mor (Big Colin), who was ambushed and slain in 1296 and buried in the church at Kilchrennan. We welcome new CCSNA Commissioners: Tom Newsome from Henderson, NV as Nevada Commissioner Jesse Campbell of Portland, OR as Oregon Commissioner with Jim Silverson of Gresham, OR as Deputy Commissioner for Oregon The CCSNA/CCEF challenge coins are ready for sale! They are 1 3/4 inch in diameter and sell at $10 each + postage. The postage, will vary according to number of coins purchased. For now, I will charge $5.00 postage per coin, as I have to purchase the padded envelope for the coin, plus postage. So, the total will be $15 per coin. If you wish to purchase several coins at once, contact me and I can find out a more exact amount for you. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CCSNA!! Contact Vice-President Carl Guilford at [email protected] for purchase. JOURNAL four times a year, and access to the members’ area of the Clan Campbell Society Web site: CCSNA.org. Your dues make possible the presence of Campbell tents at Highland games in your area. Please support us…To join online, go to the CCSNA.org Website and fill out the forms. Or join at the games! We very much appreciate those who volunteer to cover games and serve the Campbell tents and so share information with our Scottish-American Campbell clansmen and the public about our great worldwide Campbell family. Why not offer to help your kinsmen at a games tent, and get involved. You will help us while learning a great deal about your heritage! The national leadership meets twice each year in different parts of the United States and Canada. When we are local to you, please come meet your officers and board members whose names are printed in the JOURNAL each issue. Our next AGM is in Pleasanton, CA, Sept. 4-6, 2015. You might contact a state or regional commissioner near you for more information about managing a tent. Campbells welcomed!!! TARTAN DAY IN PHILADELPHIA The Clan Campbell JOURNAL is a main benefit of membership in the Clan Campbell Society (North America). It is also very appreciative of your articles… The 60-page JOURNAL is mailed out four times a year with deadlines for contributions February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. The JOURNAL appreciates articles about Clan Campbell in particular and also about Scots and Scotland and its history and culture. Please submit articles to the editor, Rick Campbell, at [email protected]. Additional articles that have been published are Campbell family reunions or gatherings, meetings of Scottish societies where Campbells are shown together, articles about Campbell ancestors, and memories of growing up/living/travel in Scotland. Articles to be considered must be submitted digitally and pictures must also be submitted digitally. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CLAN… Join the Clan Campbell Society (North America) if you have not already done so! Dues are only $25 and benefits include 10% discounts on membership to the National Trust for Scotland (through HERITAGE TRUST), opportunities to travel to Scotland under expert Campbell leadership, free admission to Inveraray Castle, a fabulous 60-page Saturday, April 4, was a brilliant blue day, with the sky the color of The Saltire flag of Scotland. On this day members of Philadelphia’s St. Andrew’s Society gathered at Penn’s Landing for the chaplains to bless the tartans not only of Scotland but also of the Irish, Welsh and English societies. The Society pipers in their new red doublets played and two groups of dancers performed before the National Monument to Scottish Immigration. Afterwards the crowd of folks learned the history of tartan. CCSNA past president, Ed Cattell (above), current president of the St. Andrew’s Society spoke briefly, new flags were raised, and many joined to drink the health of the tartan at the nearby City Tavern. The Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station NYC Formerly the luxury office and salon of ‘20’s mogul John W. Campbell 15 Vanderbilt Ave. Entrance between 42nd and 43rd streets NYC 10017 212 953 0409 After Campbell’s death in 1957, the rug and other furnishings disappeared from his office and the space eventually became a signalman’s office and later a closet at Grand Central, where the transit police stored guns and other equipment. It also became a small jail, in the area of the present-day bar. After falling into disrepair, the space was restored and renovated in 1999. The walls and ceiling were brought back to their former glory and the original steel safe, once hidden behind a wall, now sits in the massive fireplace as a reminder of Campbell's wealth. The new bar is done in the same quatre-foil mahogany style as the balcony. The renovation cost an estimated $1.5 million. A 2006 renovation replaced a largely blue palette with a largely red one, including new carpet, bar stools and chairs. To avoid closing for even one night it took place in less than 12 hours and cost $350,000. Some reviews: Zagat Survey “Grand Central’s jewel is this chi chi bar hidden in the former offices of a ‘20’s tycoon; expect plush seats, dark wood, a beautiful Florentine ceiling, lots of single malt Scotches and good looking people; though pricey, the place is so stunning you’ll be happy to miss your train” The Campbell Apartment is a public bar and cocktail lounge located in a corner of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It faces Vanderbilt Avenue. Contrary to its name, the space was never an apartment, but was once the office of American financier John W. Campbell, who served on the New York Central's Board of Directors. The 3,500-square-foot (330 m 2) space was first leased in 1923 by John Campbell from William Kissam Vanderbilt II, whose family had built Grand Central Terminal. The space was a single room 60 feet (18 m) long by 30 feet (9.1 m) wide with a 25-foot (7.6 m) ceiling and an enormous faux fireplace in which Campbell kept a steel safe. At that time, it was the largest ground floor space in Manhattan. Campbell commissioned Augustus N. Allen, an architect known for designing estates on Long Island and town houses in Manhattan, to build an opulent office, transforming the room into a 13thcentury Florentine palace with a hand-painted plaster of paris ceiling and leaded windows. It also featured a quatrefoil designed mahogany balcony, that still exists today.[1] One of the most striking features was a Persian carpet that took up the entire floor and was said to have cost $300,000 at the time, or roughly $3.5 million today. Campbell added a piano and pipe organ, and at night turned his office into a reception hall, entertaining 50 or 60 friends who came to hear famous musicians play private recitals. He had a permanent butler named Stackhouse. City Guide “One of the Best Bars in America…and one of the Big Apples classiest places to linger over a drink” “Chic. Elegant. Sophisticated. The Campbell Apartment is all of these things and more…” The New Yorker “One part history, one part fantasy, this beautiful lounge is as smooth as a perfect Manhattan…Each evening a crush of sophisticates stops by to reclaim a little of New York’s faded glamour” IN NY "The Campbell Apartment, a lavish bar that inhabits the space, lets you enter the world of yesteryear’s elite – dressed to impress – and sip classic cocktails amid intricate woodwork, decorative beamed ceilings, and towering paned windows. Seated by the stone fireplace, it’s all too easy to slip into another era." 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