The MacDonald clan were a powerful Scottish
clan whose forefathers ruled the spectacular mountain scenery of
the Western isles of Scotland.
The Clan derived its generic name from Donald, who was the grandson
of Somerled, the historical founder of the Family of the Isles.
From this arose the name MacDonald, or son of Donald, Mac, or the
Gaelic Mhic, signifying son.
By abbreviating the prefix to Mc and M' many families write the
name McDonald and M'Donald.
The surname MacDonnell, McDonnell, McDonell, and other forms and
methods of writing this name, came first into use when Aeneas MacDonald
of the Glengarry branch of the clan was, in 1660, raised to the
Peerage of Scotland by the title of Lord MacDonell.
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