Clan MacDougall Society Of North America Membership Application Society Clan MacDougall WHO CAN JOIN FAMILIES OF CLANS Connect with your Anyone can join, MACDOUGALL AND MACDOWALL particularly anyone As members of Clans MacDougall and MacDowall we goodly heritage! laecrl ormmesi choice membership your circle Please Mail to: Reston, VA 20195 P.O. Box 8714 who: amn by Payment rt h amount the Write Regular Membership US$ descend, in the main, from families whose names are a aainmmesmywieaceki aaindlasdano aainbn sn h urn xhnerate. exchange current card. the credit using a bank use Canadian to a encouraged on are drawn members dollars International Canadian basis. in year check calendar a a write on may funds members US Canadian in payable are dues Society You can also pay online via www.MacDougall.org by credit card or with PayPal for added security and convenience. • Has the surname of historical spelling or variation of our Clan Name, or we MacDougall or are from families whose Family Names have been integrally associated with the two clans over the
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[The Society is a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions can be tax deductible in the U.S.] any of those surnames letters. Variations include: • MacDougall • MacDowall • MacCoul • MacCowl • Believes they are affiliated with the •MacDougal • MacDougald • MacDougle clan • MacDoul • MacDowell • MacDowyl • MacDugal • MacHowell • MacHale • MacDill • Coyle • Dole• Duwall • Duvall HOW TO JOIN
OR Associated Family Names or Septs Join by doing any of the following: It is common in Scottish clans to have full-fledged • Fill out and mail the Membership clansmen with other family surnames. A distinct family Application that is a constituent element of the clan is often called Questions? aepybet h lnMcogl oit fNA of Society MacDougall Clan the to payable Made • Contact the Membership Secretary “Sept”. These are families that have been associated • E-mail to [email protected] within the clan for centuries. Many performed traditional • Or visit our website at roles or held honored offices within the clan structure. Life Membership US$ www.macdougall.org These Family Names also demonstrate several variant
onad$0.0annually. $100.00 and $100.00 down pay $300.00 may you wish, $400.00 you older If or age of years 40 age of years 40 Under spellings that abbreviate or spell names phonetically, etc. [email protected] Expires MEMBERSHIP DUES Family Names within Clan MacDougall, whether spelled with or omitting “Mac” “Mc”, “Mc”, “M’”, or with capital Membership dues are listed in the or small letters, etc., include: Membership Application. Dues are • Carmichael of Argyll • Conacher for a calendar year, payable in U.S. • Livingston of Argyll • MacCowan • MacClintock Dollars. Life Memberships are also • MacCulloch • MacLullich • MacDulothe • MacEachern • MacEwan • MacKichan • MacLucas / available. • MacLugash • MacNamell You can also pay online via Among the Family Names associated with Clan www.MacDougall.org by credit card MacDowall are • Cole • Coyle • Kyle or with PayPal for added security and convenience. A listing of Family Names Associated with the Clans MacDougall and MacDowall is on our website at An invitation to join www.macdougall.org The Clan MacDougall Society
Clan MacDougall ©2012 Clan MacDougall Society of North America, Inc. of North America Benefits of Membership worldwide. and Canada, with affiliated members • Be a proud member of the Scottish • Keep up with Clan MacDougall activities via • • Support the Society’s special activities and • Network with other MacDougalls / Society MacDougall The Clan contributions can be tax deductible in the U.S. The Society is a 501(c)(3) organization and Community and sustain the Scottish Tradition The Tartan endeavors MacDowalls Dunollie House and e-bulletins Dunollie Castle the United States numbers throughout activities and in membership, continued to grow Society has Since then, the Clan. thirtieth Chief of the the late approval of the full in 1964 with was founded MacDowall, clan family associated includes the which America, North Society of MacDougall The Clan • Providing ongoing communications and • Supporting our Chief and worldwide Clan in • Reaching out to current and prospective members • Hosting Clan tents at Highland games and Scottish CLAN MACDOUGALL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS Society. connection and are welcomed members of our Descendants of these associated families share a clan number of families became associated with the clan. powerful influence along the West Highland Coast, a During the centuries that Clan MacDougall was a of Oban. Dunollie House, which is near the castle on the cliffs thirty-first Chief of the Clan. Her official residence is present Chief is Morag MacDougall of MacDougall, were Dunstaffnage, Gylen, and Dunollie Castles. Our clans still in existence. The principal seats of our chiefs Clan MacDougall is one of the four oldest Highland Dougall inherited the heartland of his father’s empire. the Hebrides and of what is now Argyll. In 1164, clan founder, was the eldest son of Somerled, King of the children of the son(s) of Dougall. Dougall, our networking through museum and cultural center at Dunollie House maintaining Dunollie and Gylen castles, and the www.facebook.com/clanmacdougall and our Facebook page through our website, www.macdougall.org festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada (listed on children. Thus, Clan MacDougall signifies “clan” comes from the Gaelic word for Mac means “son of”, while the term Scottish legacy. MacDougalls MacDougalls share in a proud and distinguished of Lorn If you are a MacDougall, you The Tartan ) www.macdougall.org newsletter • Awarding prizes and trophies which encourage • Preserving and sharing our heritage: music, oral • Finding ways to assist with genealogical • Supporting our youth (as well as other deserving Barr Castle community excellence in performance within the Scottish history, folklore and crafts information Gaelic studies and related endeavors annual scholarship program for dance, music, young people) through the John A. McDougall Castle, Garthland, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire. and Freugh of old. The present seat is at Barr Galloway, as well as Logan House and Gardens Garthland Mains in the Rhinns (isthmus) of The caput baroniae (seat of barony) is at of Galloway. be Duegald, younger son of Uchtred, second Lord stranger”. But their patronymic ancestor is said to the Gaelic The family’s name, like MacDougall, derives from the Isles. possibly a relation of King Somerled of Argyll and MacDhùghaill of our historical alliance and our Society, an acknowledgement especially strong membership in MacDowalls of represent an integral and Galloway T he MacDowalls/Macdowalls contemporary ally and Galloway. He was a “Prince” Fergus, Lord of MacDougalls through to be anciently related to the The MacDowalls are thought hereditary chiefs. distinct heritages and interconnections despite , “son of the dark
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