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Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, also known as Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill Ghlinne Garaidh) is a Scottish clan and is a branch of the larger Clan Donald.
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The clan chiefs of the Clan MacDonell of Glengarry were...
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Colonel Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry (15 September 1773 – 17 January 1828), sometimes called by the Gaelic version of his name, Alastair or Alasdair, was clan chief of Clan MacDonell of Glengarry.
Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, also known as Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry is a Scottish clan and is a branch of the larger Clan Donald. The clan takes its name from River Garry where the river Garry runs eastwards through Loch Garry to join the Great Glen about 16 miles (25 km) north of Fort William, Highland.
Like the other two great branches of the clan, the MacDonalds of the Isles and of Clanranald, which contest with Glengarry the supreme chiefship of the name, the MacDonells are directly descended from Reginald, the younger son of the famous Somerled, King of the Isles in the twelfth century.
Just outside The Clan Donald Centre at Armadale Castle on Skye there is a memorial to Air Commodore Donald MacDonell of Glengarry, 22nd Chief of Glengarry and Father of the current Clan Chief. He was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.
MacDonnell of Glengarry Clan Motto: Cragan An Fhithich (The rock of the raven). The Glengarry branch of Clan Donald originates from the marriage of Ranald, son of John of Islay, and Amy Macruari, heiress to a vast inheritance of lands in the Outer Hebrides.
