Kennedy Society of North America

05/24/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿We had beautiful weather in the Smoky Mountains this year! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

05/23/2026

The Kennedy Society is enjoying the custom ordered Scottish weather at the Gallabrae Highland Hames in Greenville SC.

05/16/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿We are currently at The Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and would like to offer our condolences to our Chief Sean Carrick on the passing of his wife earlier this week, Tammy Joy Carrick. She will be greatly missed. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

05/15/2026

https://www.mlfordsons.com/obituary/Tammy-Carrick?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR0gCpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeaihU5RhZcbrrUcM3UAC5C0HjxJUcDd-RS_1YdtD_PtGuF1YofG6I5VQX7VI_aem_d7IhUdTHU2FAkr_IxiI7JQ

Celebrate the life of Tammy Carrick and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

05/14/2026

It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the passing of Tammy Carrick, our First Lady to the President of The Kennedy Society of North America Sean Carrick.

We will continue to hold Sean and his family in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

05/02/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The Kennedy plant badge was the Oak!

Before there was tartan, there was the plant badge. 🌿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Long before a single thread of clan tartan was woven, Scotland's clans identified themselves by the plants they wore in their bonnets. Each clan had its own: a sprig of heather, a sprig of oak, a sprig of holly. For Clan Campbell, one of the most powerful clans in all of Scottish history, that plant was the wild bog myrtle, known in Gaelic as roid or raideag,, a fragrant, silver-leafed shrub that grew on every Highland bog and moorland from Argyll to the far north.

Wearing it was not decoration. It was declaration. When a Campbell clansman pinned bog myrtle to his bonnet, he was announcing his blood, his loyalty, and his chief without speaking a single word. In a world before surnames were standardised and tartans were codified, the plant badge was the oldest form of clan identity Scotland ever had.

The bog myrtle still grows wild across the Scottish Highlands today, its leaves releasing a sharp, resinous scent when crushed, the same scent that would have filled the air at every Campbell gathering for centuries. 🌿

Do you know your clan's plant badge? Drop your clan name in the comments and let's build the list! 👇

04/19/2026

Start of Day 2 at Loch Norman Highland Games. Potential rainstorm around 9. Keeping everything tarped just in case. 20-25 mph “breeze” thrown in for good measure! Welcome to Loch Norman! IYKYK

04/18/2026

Kennedy Society at the 32nd Loch Norman Highland Games! Avise la fin!

04/12/2026

The Loch Norman Highland Games are quickly approaching next weekend April 18-19. If you are in the area, come visit the Kennedy tent and enjoy a good conversation and perhaps a wee dram!

Sean

02/06/2026

Here's a public radio piece on curling stones and Ailsa Craig (although the Kennedys aren't specifically mentioned):

The sport of curling has fans around the world, despite its humble origins on frozen lakes in Scotland in the 1500s. But the fandom gets a massive boost when the Winter Olympics come around, when a big order is placed at the company that manufactures all of the curling stones used at the Games. Repo...