Clan Donald

Tartans

13 setts are recorded under this name. Pick one to weave it.

Kin and feuds

Branches with their own entry

• MacAlister (senior cadet branch of Clan Donald)
• Macdonald of Sleat (Clan Donald North)
• Macdonald of Clanranald (Clan Ranald)
• MacDonald of Keppoch (Clan Ranald of Lochaber)
• MacDonell of Glengarry (Clan Ranald of Knoydart,Glengarry)

Other branches

• MacDonald of Islay (historic chiefs)
• Baron Macdonald (current chiefs)
• MacDonald of Dunnyveg (Clan Donald South)
• MacDonald of Largie (Clan Ranald Bane)
• MacDonnell of Antrim (MacDonnells of the Glens)
• MacDonald of Ardnamurchan (Clan MacIain)
• Clan MacDonald of Glencoe
• MacDonald of Lochalsh

Allies

• Clan Cameron
• Clan MacMillan
• Clan Lamont
• Clan MacNeill
• Clan Matheson
• Clan Stewart (17th-18th centuries)

Rivals

• Clan Campbell
• Clan Stewart (15th-16th centuries)
• Clan MacCallum
• Clan Fraser of Lovat
• Clan MacLean
• Clan MacLeod
• Clan Mackenzie

Associated names

These surnames are listed as septs of the clan. Sept lists are disputed and overlap between clans, so a name here does not prove descent.

• Darroch
• MacBeth
• MacColl
• MacCorran
• MacEachan
• MacEachern
• MacGillanders
• MacGorrie
• MacMhuirich
• MacMurdoch
• MacQueen
• MacRory
• MacRuairi
• MacRury
• MacSween
• MacSweeny
• Rosrieson
• Rory

People of the clan

• Aonghus Óg of Islay (1296–1318)
• John of Islay (1318–1386)
• Iníon Dubh (1501–)
• Colla MacDonnell (1505–1558)
• Randal McDonnell, 7th Earl of Antrim (1878–1932)
• Randal McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim (1911–1977)
• Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim (1935–2021)
• Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim (1967–)
• Alasdair Mór (?–1299)
• Alasdair Óg of Islay (?–1299)
• Aonghus Mór (?–1293)
• Domhnall mac Alasdair
• Iain Sprangach MacDonald (?–1340)