MacDougall of Lorne Coat Of Arms St Conan's Kirk Loch Awe Argyll Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the MacDougall of Lorne Coat Of Arms in St Conan's Kirk on visit to Loch Awe, Argyll. The surname MacDougall was first found in Galloway, Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh, an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown, West Galloway, and Kirkcudbright, East Galloway, where they were descended from Dugall eldest son of Somerled, first Lord of the Isles, and his son Duncan who received the lands of Lorn.The Clan was a bitter foe of Robert the Bruce, who made a narrow escape during one battle with the MacDougals only by discarding his cloak. The brooch of this cloak, now known as the Brooch of Lorn, is a treasured possession of the Chief of the Clan. The Clan faced heavy retaliation and was stripped of their lands once Robert the Bruce secured the Scottish throne. The lands were restored to the Clan upon the death of the king, but passed to the Stewarts in 1388 when the last member of the senior branch of MacDougals died without issue.
Other spellings include, MacDougall, MacDowall, MacDowell, MacDugald, MacDill. Some of the MacDougall family moved to Ireland.
John MacDougall, arrived in New York, America, in 1816.