Clan Muir

Clan Muir
Mhor, Mór, Mordha
Crest: A savage head couped Proper.
MottoDurum patientia frango
(I overcome difficulty by patience)
War cryConlan Abu
Profile
RegionLowlands Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Border Isles of OrkneyHighlands
DistrictEast Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire Aberdeenshire Roxburghshire

Wigtownshire

Kirkcudbrightshire
Berwickshire
Lanarkshire
Plant badgeRowan tree
Clan Muir no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan
Historic seatRowallan Castle
Last ChiefThe Mure of Rowallan
Septs of Clan Muir
Muir, Mure, More, Moar, Moare, Moer, Moir, Moire, Moor, Moore, Moure, Mur, Myre, Morey, Mordha, O' Mordha, O' Moore, O' More, Caldwell, Mor, Mohr, Myre, Myres, Morey, de Mora, Langmuir, Langmuir, Delamore, de la More, Ó'Mothair, Moher, Byre
Clan branches
Mure of Polkelly
Mure of Rowallan
Mure of Caldwell
Mure of Skaithmuir
Mure of Limflare
Mure of Lowdown hill
Mure of Abercorn
Mure of Auchindraine
Mure of Cowdams
Mure of Camseskane
Mure of Skemore
Mure of Kittiemore
Mure of Gladerstone
Mure of Cassencarie
Moir of Leckie
Moir of Invernettie
Moir of Stoneywood
Mure of Aucheneil
Mure of Thornton
Mure of Treescraig
Mure of Cloncaird
Mure of Craighead Park
Mure of Middleston
Mure of Spittleside
Mure of Brownhill
Muir of Sanday
Muir of Clat
Muir of Brugh
Muir of Lemsgarth
Muir of Brusgrath
Allied clans
Rival clans
Clan Kennedy
Clan Cunningham,
Clan Boyd (16th century)
Clan Crawford
Clan Sempill
Clan Maxwell of Pollock
Clan Ralston
Clan Houston
Clan Cumming
Clan Ryburn of that Ilk
Clan Reid of Kittochside
Clan McCulloch
Clan MacLellan

Clan Muir is a Scottish clan that is armigerous. Per certain sources, holders of the surname Muir (also appearing as Mure and Moore), of Ayrshire, have been noted as a possible sept of Clan Boyd, though this is not clearly identified to a reliable resource. A spelling variation More/Moore is a sept of Clan Leslie in Aberdeenshire, and, having genetic proof of Muirs in Aberdeenshire, may have roots in the Mure/Muir line of southwest Scotland.

However, there are other instances in which links to the Mure/Muir line of southwest Scotland cannot be confirmed. The surname Moir, for example, is a sept of Clan Gordon in the highlands, but is not part of this same group of Mure/Muir/Moore. A single family, the Mores/Moores of Drumcork, are septs of Clan Grant, but there is no evidence of a connection to the Mure/Muir line. Some also project Muir may be a sept of Clan Campbell, though even Clan Campbell considers this unlikely.