Clan Donald

The Scottish Clan Donald (Motto: Scottish Gaelic: Air Muir 's Air Tir, Latin: Per Mare Per Terras , both translate to the English language as 'By Sea and By Land' ) is split into several branches: Macdonald of the Isles (now Macdonald of Sleat and the house of the High Chief, Macdonald of Macdonald), Macdonald of Clan Ranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Macdonald or MacDonell of Keppoch, Macdonald or MacIain of Glencoe, Macdonald of Lochalsh, Macdonald or MacIain of Ardnamurchan, Macdonald of Dunivaig or Clan Donald South and McDonnell of Antrim. Like the Macdougall clan, they trace their ancestry to King Somerled of the Isles. The Macdougalls descend from Somerled's eldest son Dugall and the eponymous Donald was a grandson of Somerled through his second son, Ranald.

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Scottish - Scottish Gaelic - Latin - English language - Clan - Clan MacDonell of Glengarry - Antrim

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