Clan MacDougall

Clan MacDougall
Clann MhicDhùghaill
Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a dexter arm in armour embowed fessways couped Proper, holding a cross crosslet fitchée erect Gules.
Motto	Buaidh no bàs (Victory or Death), also translated as "Conquer or Die".
Profile
Region	Highland
District	Argyll
Plant badge	Bell Heather[1]
Animal	Raven[2]
Pipe music	"Caisteal Dhunolla" "Cumha Chaiptein MacDhughaill", "Failte Iain Cheir", "Jeanne Rea's Wedding", "Latha Dhunabharti", "Maid of Lorn", "MacDougall's Gathering", "MacDougall Gillies", "MacDougall's Lament", "MacDougall of Lunga", "MacDougall of Lunga-Paterson", "McDougall's Jig Oban Reel"
Chief
Morag Morley MacDougall of MacDougall and Dunollie
Historic seat	Dunollie Castle,[3] Dunstaffnage Castle[3]
Septs of Clan MacDougall Carmichael,[4] Conacher,[4] Coull,[4] Cowan,[4] Cowie,[4] Dowall,[4] Livingston,[4] MacConacher,[4] MacCoull,[4] MacCowan,[4] MacCulloch,[4] MacDole,[4] MacDowall,[4] MacDulothe,[4] MacEachan,[4] MacHowell,[4] Kichan,[4] MacLucas,[4] MacLugash,[4] MacLulich,[4] MacNamell,[4] Macoul,[4] Macowl,[4] McDougall,[4] McDougle,[4] McDowell,[4]
Clan branches MacDougall of MacDougall and Dunollie MacDougall of Gallanach MacDougall of Lunga
Allied clans Clan Comyn Clan Wallace Clan MacNaghten
Rival clans Clan Bruce Clan Campbell Clan MacDonald Clan Robertson

Clan MacDougall is a Highland Scottish clan, historically based in and around Argyll. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in Scotland, issuing new grants of coats of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, recognizes under Scottish law the Chief of Clan MacDougall. The MacDougall chiefs share a common ancestry with the chiefs of Clan Donald in descent from Somerled of the 12th century (and thus further of the Viking-born Norse-Gael dynasty of House of Ivar). In the 13th century the Clan MacDougall whose chiefs were the original Lords of Argyll and later Lords of Lorne was the most powerful clan in the Western Highlands. During the Wars of Scottish Independence the MacDougalls sided with the Clan Comyn whose chiefs rivaled Robert the Bruce for the Scottish Crown and this resulted in clan battles between the MacDougalls and Bruce. This marked the MacDougall's fall from power and led to the rise of their relatives, the Clan Donald, who had supported Bruce and also the rise to power of the Clan Campbell who were then the habitual enemies of the MacDougalls and later of Clan Donald.

The MacDougalls supported the House of Stuart during the Scottish Civil War of the 17th century and during the Jacobite risings of the 18th century.