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  Clan MacLea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Head of the Highland Clan MacLea is the "Baron of the Bachuil", so recognized in his 2002 matriculation of arms by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Clans Campbell and Maclean are known to have become important in the time of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329; ie 13th and 14th century).
Many of the clan MacLea seem to have been killed when they took the side of the MacDougalls against the Campbells of Inverawe, a conflict exemplified by the "massacre of Dunaverty" in the mid 17th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_MacLea   (1391 words)

  
 Clan: Macdougall
The MacDougalls are descended from Dugall, eldest son of Somerled of the Isles, progenitor of Clan Donald.
The early ancestor of the race was the mighty Somerled, Thane of Argyll and Lord of the Isles, in the middle of the twelfth century.
Septs of Clan MacDougall: Conacher, Cowan, Dougall, Dowall, MacConacher, MacCoul, MacCulloch, MacDowall, MacDowell, MacDulothe, MacHowell, MacKichan, MacLucas, MacLugash, MacLulich.
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 Our Heritage - Clan MacDougall Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The MacDougalls of Lorn are the senior branch of the royal house of Somerled, King of the Hebrides and Regulus of Argyll.
As a Highland clan, the MacDougalls are one of the three oldest in existence dating from 1164 when Dougall, Somerled's oldest son and the clan's patronymic forebear, inherited the central portion of his father's kingdom.
Dougall's heritage from the Gael and the Norse is shown in the present arms of the MacDougall Chiefs which quarter the lion of the ancient Scottish Kingdom of Dalriada and the fl royal galley of the Norse.
www.macdougall.org /heritage.html   (1636 words)

  
 Macdougall McHale Clan Chiefs history
Sixth chief of the clan and son of Ewen, the third chief of the clan.
Ninth chief of the clan and the son of Dunollie and the son of Iain of Dunollie.
Sixteenth chief of the clan and the son of Dougall of Dunollie.
www.martinmchale.com /clan/chiefs.html   (1530 words)

  
 clan donald names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clan Donald MacAlonies derive from: Gaelic MacGille OnFhaidh "son of the servant of the storm".
MacCarters not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacArthur.
MacLures not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacLeod.
www.clan-donald-usa.org /septs.htm   (8254 words)

  
 Clan MacDougall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clan MacDougall is a Scottish clan traditionally associated with the lands of Argyll and Lorn in Scotland.
The clan takes its name from Dougall, son of Somerled, who, after his father's death in 1164, held most of Argyll and also the islands of Mull, Lismore, Jura, Tiree, Coll and many others.
Battle of Red Ford, Lorn 1296; Battle between Clan MacDougall and Clan Campbell.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_MacDougall   (266 words)

  
 Clan MacDougall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The MacDougalls descend from Dougall, the eldest son of Somerled, King of the Isles.
The third MacDougall Chief was Eoghan of Argyll, King in the Hebrides and Lord of Lorne.
Eoghan's son Alexander married a daughter of the Red Comyn who was slain by Robert the Bruce at Dumfries, with the result that the MacDougalls became bitter enemies of Bruce.
www.clanshop.co.uk /clanfocus/macdougall.htm   (166 words)

  
 Clan/Family Histories
Clark was never a Highland clan but it is frequently found among the Clan Chattan confederacy and appears to have been a sept of the MacPhersons.
The Davidsons are said to have formed a part of the Clan Chattan force which fought in the famous "Battle of the Clans" at Perth in 1396, staged in front of King Robert III.
The progenitor of the clan is traditionally the abbot of Glendochart and Strathearn, a younger son of Kenneth Macalpin.
www.rampantscotland.com /clans/clans_index.htm   (1733 words)

  
 History of the MacDougall Clan
The MacDougalls were kinsmen of the Comyns (the 4th chief had married John Comyn's sister) who were the rivals of Robert the Bruce
MacDougalls also became established in Galloway and in the 15th century a number of clan members moved to Ireland as soldiers and settled there.
The MacDougall clan motto is "Buaidh no bas" which means "To conquer or die".
www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanmacdougall.htm   (520 words)

  
 clan carrick Resources
a sept of the Bruce clan Carmichael is a sept of the Stewart clan Carr is a sept of the Kerr clan Carrick is a sept of the Kennedy clan Carson is a sept of the MacPherson clan Cassels...
J Jameson is a sept of the Gunn clan Jamieson is a sept of the Gunn clan Jeffrey is a sept of the MacDonald clan Return to Index...
The Kennedy clan is a Scottish clan and a Irish clan.
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 Scottish Hotel in Scotland by Loch Awe Oban Scotland, Scottish wedding and honeymoon hotel in Scotland, Scottish ...
The destinies, not only of Clan MacDougall and Campbell but of Scotland were forged by The Battle at the Red Ford even though it was a minor clan skirmish in a remote glen.
He led the clan to war with the upstart young clan to settle matters once and for all.
The MacDougalls forfeited most of the mainland possessions granted to Sir Neil Campbell after the Battle of Bannockburn although Lame John MacDougall and his galleys were not finally destroyed until 1318 by combined fleets of King Robert and Angus Oy MacDonald of Islay.
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 THE CLAN CAMPBELL
Clan Campbell were led by Campbells, until about the 18th century, many of their followers, and sometimes even they themselves often used patronymics or father's names.
The first Clan Associations or Societies were founded in the late 18th century as a means of keeping a sense of kinship among the increasingly scattered members of clans who were being drawn or driven away from their home communities by over-population, the industrial revolution or by opportunities for emigration.
Clan Societies are legally constituted bodies, generally run upon a democratic basis and with the Clan Chief as figurehead.
www.ccsna.org /jsep10a.htm   (4724 words)

  
 Scottish Clans - Clan MacDougall
Duncan MacDougall of Argyll was mentioned in records of 1244 so by this time the name had established into a clan.
Baliol was defeated though and as a result, the clan again lost a good deal of their land, which from then on, passed more and more into the hands of the Campbells.
It is held by the present Chief in a mansion house behind Dunollie Castle, which is today the seat of the clan.
www.clanshop.co.uk /clannames/macdougall.htm   (313 words)

  
 Robertson Origin
After dealing with the harassers, the clan marched triumphantly to the hollow where the cattle were kept which they named "pass of thanksgiving".
Because of William's minority, the clan was led by a group which included William MacPatrick Robertson, the 28 year old whose father was Patrick Robertson, younger son of Alexander, the previous chief.
In 1967 the Clan bought a facility on former clan territory to operate a clan museum.
www.adair.ca /Robertson/Robertson.html   (2139 words)

  
 Scottish Surnames Mac-M
A branch of Clan Donald that traces its ancestry to a great-grandson of Somerled, Allister.
From Parland or Bartholomew, one of which is claimed as the ancestor of the clan and held lands at the head of Loch Lomond during King David Bruce's reign.
MacLaine of Lochbuie — the elder brother of Lachlan Lubanach, Eachin Reganach, was ancestor of this clan.
www.daire.org /names/scotsurs2.html   (2608 words)

  
 Clan MacDougall
The marriage of the fourth chief, Sir Alexander MacDougall, was disastrous for his clan.
His wife was the sister of John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, whose son, generally called the Red Comyn, was stabbed to death by Robert the Bruce in the greyfriars Church in Dumfries in May 1306.
The MacDougalls were never to regain their island possessions, but to a large degree their fortunes were restored when Euan MacDougall married a granddaughter of Robert the Bruce.
www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/macdougall.html   (622 words)

  
 Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
The Macdougalls however, were cut off on the path of Lorn between Loch Avich and Scammadale by the Campbells who managed to gain a strategic advantage over the Macdougalls.
The clan was led into further disputes upon the marriage of Alexander Macdougall to a sister of John Comwyn, the Lord of Badenoch.
The Macdougalls fought for the Stuarts at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 under the 22nd chief, Ian Ciar.
www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=macdougall.html   (366 words)

  
 Clans of Rannoch, Clan Macdougall
Robert the Bruce was sheltering in the area when the MacDougall Clan, his firm enemies, attacked Rannoch.
The MacDougalls were defeated by a local hero, Duncan Reamhar, and their leader was imprisoned in the island fortress Eilean nam Faoileag (Island of the Gulls).
The island is a crannog, an artificial island, to which a causeway was constructed from this shore so that it was just under the surface of the water, and its route was irregular as a guard against unwanted intruders.
www.visitrannoch.com /clan-macdougall.htm   (112 words)

  
 clanphoto :: clanlands :: clan macdougall
Red Comyn, who was brother-in-law to the fourth MacDougall chief was stabbed by Robert the Bruce in Dumfries in 1306, starting a bloody feud between the Bruce family and the MacDougalls.
The twenty-second chief of the MacDougalls, Ian Clar, was forced into exile after fighting in the 1715 rising, returning to Scotland to live as a fugitive until 1727 when he was pardoned.
This was extended in the mid 1800's by the twenty-fifth chief, Vice Admiral Sir John MacDougall of MacDougall, a distinguished Naval man who was instrumental in the development of the town of Oban (see photo) as a sea port.
www.theendplace.com /clanphoto/clanlands/macdougall.htm   (433 words)

  
 CLAN MAC DOUGALL
The Clan Society was formed in 1998 with the official approval of the Clan Chief, Madam Mac Dougall of Mac Dougall.
The Clan is one of the oldest in Scotland and takes its name from Dugall, son of King Somerled a warrior from a Norse royal house who held sway over a large portion of western Scotland and who controlled an impressive navy.
Society benefits like invitations to events, gatherings, holidays, books, clan merchandise unique to your own clan, clan newsletter is also available to members.
www.clanmacdougall.co.uk   (340 words)

  
 :::: Clan Cleary - MacDougall Pedigree::::
The clan's plant-badge is bell heather and their motto is "Buaidh nó Bas", meaning "Victory or death".
He was a local King in the Hebrides and had his main seat at Dunstaffnage Castle (and here and here) which can still be visited today and is headquarters of the MacDougall Clan in Scotland.
wen MacDougall, of Dunollie, Lord of Lorne, was alive between 1249-1263, built the existing Keep of Dunollie around 1250, allied with Henry III of England in 1255 and left issue,
www.clancleary.com /html/macdougall.htm   (254 words)

  
 MyClan.com : Clan MacDougall : Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During the troubled times of the early seventeenth century the Macdougalls were generally royalist, and in 1645 Alexander Macdougall led five hundred of his clansmen into battle.
On the restoration of the monarchy the Macdougall lands were again restored.
Their loyalty to the Stuarts was proved again when the twenty-second chief, Iain Ciar, fought in the rising of 1715 at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
www.myclan.com /clans/MacDougall_76/default.php   (805 words)

  
 macdougall of lunga
Clan MacDougall Society of the USA and Canada this site has lots of MacDougall related bits although very American orientated.
A tradition among the MacDougalls of Lunga says that the MacDougall galleys flew a "raven flag".
More Macdougall pages can be found on the Edinburgh University site under their Scottish Gazeteer.
www.lunga.com /html/mofl.html   (519 words)

  
 ICQ.com - Search Results
Clan MacAulay claims descent from King Kenneth MacAlpin the 29th Dalriadic and
The Clan MacDougall Society welcomes members of the Clan MacDougall and its septs.
Clan MacFarlane - The Official Homepage of the Clan MacFarlane...
icq.com /search/welcome_results.php?q=related:http://www.macaulay.org   (196 words)

  
 Island Focus, Clan gathering photographs :: Photography by Sue Anderson
Prints from the Clan MacDougall gathering in August 2004 are now available to buy.
The first MacDougall Gathering took place in Oban, Scotland during the week of 24th August 2004.
It was based at the Seat of MacDougall at Dunollie in Oban - the Clan Chief being present, Morag MacDougall.
www.islandfocus.co.uk /clans.asp   (181 words)

  
 ScotClans - Clan MacDougall - Clan History
Alistair MacDougall married the sister of John Comyn, Scotland’s most powerful man. John’s son, the Red Comyn, was next in line as King of Scotland after the Balliols.
But this was the time when Bruce made his bid for the Crown.
Bruce slew the Red Comyn at the altar rails in Dumfries and the MacDougalls entered into the feud which ended in the utter destruction of the Comyns and the loss of the MacDougalls' islands to Bruce.
www.scotclans.com /clans/MacDougall/history.html   (488 words)

  
 McHale page
This site is full of History of the McHale families, the Clan MacDougall and Clan MacIver.
There are many Interesting facts about clan history, Castles of Scotland, Clan Maps, Maps of Scotland, model castles of Scotland by Impressions (Scotland) and lots of great pictures and facts on Castles in Scotland.
There is a list of all the McHale civil records in Scotland from 1885 to 1900, History of the ancient surname McHale, and even though your name is not McHale, you may find a start to your Scottish or Irish ancestor's Genealogy Here.
clans.netfirms.com   (108 words)

  
 The Scottish Store Clan Crest Accessories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clan Crested Sealskin Sporran with Cross-Over tassle chains with metal thistles.
Available in Clan Crested, Lion Rampant or Scottish Thistle Crest.
Clan Crested Lapel Tie Pin made of Pewter.
www.scottishstore.com /acatalog/copy_of_Clan_Crest_Accessories.html   (52 words)

  
 THE OFFICIAL CLAN McCULLOCH WEB SITE.
However, this may have been the case with the Galloway branch of the clan.
My mother's side is of Clan MacCulloch (my great grandfather being Norman MacCulloch) and I've always wanted to compile any information on our clan that I can.
Family heritage is very important to me. I always had the hardest time finding the clan tartan (as opposed to my fiance who is of the Campbell clan).
web.ukonline.co.uk /t.mcculloch/mcculloch/entries.html   (2134 words)

  
 Island Focus, photgraphy of the Scottish Islands by Sue Anderson
Following the recent gathering in August 2004 of the Clan MacDougall we have made available to buy a selection of 14 prints from the event.
The main clan photograph (seen below) is available in 2 sizes.
The first is 12 x 10 inches, This is Priced at (UK Sterling) £22 which includes postage to anywhere worldwide.
www.islandfocus.co.uk /clan-pictures.asp   (281 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Clan Macdougall (Motor merchant)
At 03.13 hours on 31 May 1941, the unescorted Clan Macdougall (Master Cyril H. Parfitt) was torpedoed by U-106 north of the Cape Verde Islands.
The vessel was sunk by a coup de grĂ¢ce at 03.45 hours.
If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.
uboat.net /allies/merchants/960.html   (103 words)

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