Clan Donald is composed of over 450 separate family names ranging from Abrach to Wright. Click hereto see if your name is among the acknowledged names of Clan Donald. Remember that English translations of Gaelic names has led to a great variety of spellings. The Gaelic spelling for MacDonald...
Many of the clans making up the Council which met on the Eilean nan Comhairlidh, Islay were branches of Clan Donald, but others were not even closely related. Their participation in the Kingdom of the Isles was probably less than voluntary just as Europe’s feudalistic governments were ...
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany went head to head with Donald, Lord of the Isles. When the Earl of Mar fought Donald with the help of Alexander Forbes, he helped the Duke of Albany claim Ross. Following Harlaw, the Earl of Mar presented Sir Alexander Forbes with the lands of which the ...
A popular Scottish last name, the chiefs of Clan Donald, or Clan Macdonald, were the largest landowners for centuries and the most powerful lords in the whole British Isles after the Kings of England and Scotland. The clan controlled lands and waterways in the west highlands and the Hebrides ...
There are mementoes linked to Flora MacDonald, who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape his Hanoverian pursuers even though she herself was not a Jacobite supporter. One of the exhibits is a lovely piece of lace belonging to MacDonald. Another Jacobite item is a sword belonging to Hector Ban...
the MacGregors of Argyll, the MacLeods and the MacDonalds of the Western Isles, the MacKays of Caithness and the Stewarts of Appin. Thechiefof each clan had complete authority.Clansmenwere known by the name of their father, and this was shown by addingMac-to the beginning of the father...