Clan Adair Resources

🔹 Clan Association

• Clan Maxwell Society
  Clan Adair is considered a sept of Clan Maxwell. Members can join the Maxwell Society for heritage and community engagement.
  🔗 https://clanmaxwellsociety.com

🔹 Genealogical Resources

• “Adair History and Genealogy” by James Barnett Adair (1924)
  A digitized book tracing the Adair family lineage in depth.
  🔗 https://archive.org/details/adairhistorygene00adai

• Adair Family Genealogy Manuscript Collection (Winthrop University)
  Collection of genealogical manuscripts compiled by Walter and Leo Adair, focused on U.S. branches of the family.
  🔗 https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1449

• Adair Surname Origin & Meaning – Ancestry.com
  Overview of the surname’s origins in Galloway, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  🔗 https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=adair

• Genealogy of the Cherokee Adair Family
  A detailed look at the Cherokee-Adair connection for those exploring Native American ancestry.
  🔗 https://accessgenealogy.com/native/genealogy-of-the-cherokee-adair-family.htm

🔹 Historical Sites

• Dunskey Castle
  A ruined castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland, once held by the Adair family.
  🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunskey_Castle

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Thomas, the sixth Earl of Desmond, while on a hunting excursion lost his way , between Tralee and Newcastle, in the county of Limerick , where he was received and entertained by one William McCormick, whose daughter he subsequently married. At this alliance the family and clan took umbrage, and forced him to resign his title and estate to his youngest brother. He died in France in 1420, leaving issue, Maurice and John ; Robert the son of Maurice returned to Ireland, where he killed Gerald the White Knight in single combat at Athdale, whence he received the name of Adaire. He afterwards settled in Scotland, where he married Arabella daughter of John Campbell, Lord of Argyle.