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The crann-nan-gad was a type of plough formerly used in the Western Isles of Scotland. It was one of the earliest types of plough used in Hebridean crofting...

Known as the Crann Tara in Gaelic, the burning cross represented a signal fire, a method of communication among the clans and the rallying symbol of ancient...

Trees) is believed to contain Celtic tree lore, possibly relating to the crann ogham, the branch of the ogham alphabet where tree names are used as mnemonic...

and other marginalized groups. In Scotland, the fiery cross, known as the crann-tara, was used as a declaration of war. The sight of it commanded all...

spread across the largest districts in an incredibly short time. In 1745 the crann-tara traversed the wide district of Breadalbane, upwards of 30 miles in...

Allan MacDonald, in his pipe book A' Cheud Ceud, refers to Murchadh as the Crann Tara of the Gaelic Movement. His poetry was taken up by a young band Na...

Dixon, who had Scottish ancestry, drew upon the Scottish tradition of the Crann Tara, a burning cross used to call clan members to arms, as inspiration...

Publications. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-5443-2751-8. Black, George (June 1923). "The Crann-Taraidh or Fiery Cross". The Caledonian. Vol. XXIII. Caledonian Publishing...

flinching, that the rocket had penetrated through the blubber and exploded in the crann (sic) near the ribs; the stick and lower part of the rocket was taken...

and that the tree is most likely a European yew (Taxus baccata). In the Crann Ogham—the variation on the ancient Irish Ogham alphabet which consists...

of use, replaced by both bows and a very effective naval weapon called the crann tabhaill, a kind of catapult. Later, when the Gaels came into contact...