Clann Dhùghaill

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Clann Dhùghaill is the Scottish Gaelic name for Clan MacDougall, a historic Highland clan from Argyll with Norse-Gaelic roots and a prominent role in medieval Scottish history.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clann Dhùghaill canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Highland clan
Scottish clan
historical group
descendsFrom Somhairle mac Gille Brighde
hasAncestralSeat Dunollie Castle
Dunstaffnage Castle
hasCategory Norse-Gaelic clan
Scottish clan
hasChiefTitle MacDougall of MacDougall
hasClanChiefFamilyName MacDougall
hasCulturalOrigin Gaelic
linked to: Goidelic

Norse
hasEnglishName Clan MacDougall
hasEthnicOrigin Norse-Gaelic
hasFounder Dougall mac Somhairle
hasHistoricAllegiance House of Stewart
linked to: House of Stuart

Royalist cause
hasHistoricTerritory Argyll
Lorn
hasLanguage English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
hasMotto Buaidh no bas
hasMottoInEnglish Victory or death
hasNameInScottishGaelic Clann Dhùghaill
hasNotableMedievalPowerBase Western seaboard of Scotland
hasPlantBadge Common oak
hasProgenitor Dougall mac Somhairle
hasReligionHistorically Christianity
hasReligionTraditionally Roman Catholicism
hasSurnameVariant Dougal
linked to: Dugald

Dowall
MacDougal
linked to: MacDougall

MacDougall
MacDowall
McDougal
McDougall
linked to: MacDougall

McDowall
hasWarCry Buaidh no bas
isBranchOf Kindred of Somerled
linked to: House of Somerled
locatedInCountry Scotland
locatedInHistoricalRegion Scottish Highlands
locatedInRegion Argyll
participatedInConflict Battle of Dalrigh
Battle of Largs
Battle of the Pass of Brander
Wars of Scottish Independence
recognizedBy Court of the Lord Lyon
sharesAncestryWith Clan Donald
Clan MacAlister
Clan MacRuairi

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clan MacDougall GaelicName Clann Dhùghaill
Clann Dhùghaill hasNameInScottishGaelic Clann Dhùghaill