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Clan MacDougall

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• Crest/Badge n a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a dexter arm in armour embowed fessways couped Proper, holding a cross crosslet fitchée erect Gules.
• Chiefs arms: Quartered in these arms are two ancient royal emblems, the Black Galley of Lorn symbolising descent from the royal house of the Norse and the lion symbolic of the descent from the Scottish Kings of ancient Dal Riada.
• Gaelic Name: Mac Dùghall (Gaelic for "Son of Dougall"), MacDhùghaill (Surname) & Clann 'icDhùghaill (Collective).
• Motto: Buaidh no bàs - translated - Victory or Death
• Plant Badge: Cypress; Bell Heath
• Animal - Raven
• Origin of Tartan:
• Name Variations:
• Lands Lorn, Argyll
• Seat: Dunollie Castle, Oban, Argyll, Scotland.
• Clan Chief: Morag Morley MacDougall of MacDougall
• Associated family names (Septs): Carmichael, Coles, Conacher, Cowan, Cowen, Dougal, Dougall, Dowall, Dowell, Dugal, Dugald, Eunson, Howell, Howells, Livingston, Livingstone, Lucas, MacClintock, MacConacher, MacConcher, MacCoul, MacCowan, MacCowell, MacCoyle, MacCullagh, MacCulloch, MacDill, MacDool, MacDougal, MacDoul, MacDowall, MacDowell, MacDugald, MacEwan, MacEwen, MacHale, MacHowell, MacKichan, MacLinden, MacLintock, MacLucas, MacLugash, MacLullich, MacNamell, Macoual, Macoul, MacOwen.

Castles/holdings

• Ardchattan Priory (where the MacDougall chiefs were buried up until 1737)
• Aros,
• Cairnburgh,
• Coeffin,
• Dunaverty
• Dunchonnel,
• Dunollie Castle
• Dunstaffnage,
• Duntrune
• Gylen
• Stalker

The MacDougalls are descendants of Dougall, the eldest son of Sommerled. Ewan MacDougall was King of Lorn and King of the South Isles which was a title bestowed by the King of Norway.

In 1263 during the reign of the Scottish King Alexander 3rd, King Hakon of Norway launched an invasion with a "considerable fleet and army" intent on annexing more of Scotland. This forced Ewan to side with Alexander. The invasion eventually resulted in the Battle of Largs which put an end to the Norwegian plans of conquest

The clan were supporters of William Wallace.

In 1294 John MacDougall of Argyll ("The Lame") led the Clan MacDougall against the Clan Campbell at the Battle of Red Ford, where Sir Colin Campbell was killed but there were considerable losses on both sides.

Alexander of Argyll, who was the son of Ewan (Eóghan MacDubhghaill, Lord of Argyll) (Lord of the Isles), married the half sister of Sir John "The Black" Comyn II , Lord of Badenoch. When Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland murdered his son John (the Red) Comyn at Dumfries, Sir John "The Black" sought revenge. Together with the Lamont's the MacDougall's and the Comyn's controlled about 15% of Scotland.

In 1294 John MacDougall (The Lame) of Argyll led the Clan MacDougall against the Clan Campbell at the Battle of Red Ford, where Sir Colin Campbell was killed but there were considerable losses on both sides.

Civil war broke out and King Edward 1st sent forces north in support of the Comyn's and MacDougall's. In June 1306 Bruce was preparing to take on the English at Perth when his camp was attacked by the Comyn Clan. (Battle of Dalrigh). Bruce escaped but his army took a beating. He left behind what was described as a magnificent example of Celtic jewellery, known as the Brooch of Lorne and it became one of the Clan MacDougall's great treasures. The following month John MacDougall of Lorn, son-in-law of John the red, caught up with the Bruce at Dalrigh and nearly changed history. The Bruce was lucky to get away, most of his family did not.

Alexander, the 4th Chief of MacDougall, and his son, John of Lorn, opposed Bruce, while Duncan, Alexander's younger brother, together with a following of MacDougall men, fought for Robert the Bruce.

Three years later (1309) Robert the Bruce led and army of three thousand into Argyll against the MacDougalls. John MacDougall of Lorne set an ambush for them but the MacDougalls were defeated and forced to flee in the Battle of the Pass of Brander. The MacDougall's lands were then forfeited by the king and he gave them to the Campbells for their loyalty.

After the Battle of Bannockburn (1314), John of Lorn ("The Lame") fled to England where Edward II appointed him English Admiral of the Western Seaboard, in which capacity he successfully harassed the Scottish garrisons of the West Highlands until he was captured in 1318 and imprisoned at Dunbarton Castle. He died shortly afterwards of natural causes.

The MacDougalls never regained their island possessions. Their fortunes were restored to a great extent when John's son Euan MacDougall who was well treated as a prisoner married King Robert's grand daughter Joan, daughter of Lady Matilda Bruce. [This section of the tree is undergoing clarification] CJB Most of their mainland lands were returned in a royal charter from David II of Scotland - The Lordship of Lorn was restored, but the islands, with the exception of Kerrera, remained forfeit.

Ewan MacDougall of MacDougall had two daughters – Jonette and Isabella – but no son. Around the year 1386, the two sisters married two brothers – Sir John and Sir Robert Stewart of Innermeath and Durrisdeer. Thus, through the Celtic system of succession, the Lordship of Lorn passed to the Stewart Family. The Chiefship of MacDougall, through the Laws of Tanistry, whereby a Clan can choose its Chief, passed to a cousin, Iain, and from him directly descends the present Chief.

In 1647, the MacDougall's (Royalists) suffered for the cause. Dunollie was besieged, Gylen castle was sacked and between 100-500 clansmen and kin were massacred when Dunaverty capitulated.

In 1661 with Cromwell beaten The Restoration began and some of the lands lost in defence of the Stuart monarchy were restored by the new Stuart King Charles 2nd.

In 1715 Dunollie was defended by Mary MacDonald, the wife of John (Iain) Macdougall, 22nd of Dunollie and of Lorn, while his men were doing battle at Sheriffmuir. This resulted in the estate being forfeited and the Clan Chief being forced into exile, although he was later pardoned in 1727. The clan did not take part in the 1745 and 1746 Jacobite uprisings although some clansmen did fight on the Jacobite side at Culloden.

Alexander 'Dubh' Macdougall, 23rd of Dunollie and of Lorn son of the 22nd Chief, did not take part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, but his brother and some of the clansmen did fight as Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The fighting force of the clan at this time is given as 200 men. Alexander 'Dubh' Macdougall, 23rd of Dunollie and of Lorn built a house behind Dunollie Castle. This was extended by the 25th Chief in the mid-19th century.

Battles

• 1164 - Battle of Renfrew
• 1263 - Battle of Largs
• 1294 - Battle of Red Ford,
• 1306 - Battle of Dalrigh
• 1309 - Battle of the Pass of Brander
• 1715 - Battle of Sheriffmuir
• 1746 - Battle of Culloden

Lords

• Dugald, son of Somerled (1st)
• Dugald Screech and Donnchadh of Argyll (2nd) (died 1237x1248) (and perhaps Uspak), sons of Dugald
• Eóghan MacDubhgall, (3rd) son of Dugald (died 1268x1275)
• Alexander of Argyll, (4th) son of Eoghan (died 1310x1311, perhaps at Carlisle), married a daughter of John Comyn, driven from Scotland by Robert Bruce and his allies; his sister Mary married Magnus Olafsson, King of Mann and the Isles and, on Magnus's death, remarried with Maol Íosa, Mormaer of Strathearn
• John of Lorne, ("The Lame") son of Alexander (died on pilgrimage to Canterbury, September 1317), enemy of Bruce and Bruce's ally Angus Óg of Islay, defeated and driven into exile

Surname distribution in Scotland: The highest concentrations of the MacDougall name occur in the Western Isles, Glasgow City, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Argyll and Bute, Perth and Kinross (Perthshire and Kinross-shire), Highland (includes the historic counties of Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland), Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.

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References, Sources and Further Reading

• http://www.scotlandinoils.com/clan/Clan-MacDougall.html
• http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/clanmenu.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_MacDougall
• http://www.scotweb.co.uk/info/macdougall/
• http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanmacdougall.htm
• http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_macdougall/
• http://www.scotsconnection.com/clan_crests/MacDougall.htm