HISTORY AND GENEAOLOGY OF CRAIGNISH AND THE MACDOUGALL CLAN
 

Lunga Estate is the family home of the MacDougalls of Lunga a cadet branch of the Macdougalls related to MacDougalls of Raray and Ardmaddy, and MacDougalls of Gallanach

 

Here are some local and MacDougall genealogy Links and also some general links for help in tracing Genealogy.

Lunga has a large family archive which we are in the process of digitising and databasing. If you are looking for something specific do get in touch and we can see if anything relevant has already been cataloged. Contact Colin or Johanna
 

Some useful Census and Statistics
 

  • Statistical account 1795 craignish kindly sent by Malcolm Campbell of Airds ( there are some missing bits , please get in touch if you have any ) (parishacc-1.doc)
  • Statistical account of craignish parish 1843   sent by Malcolm Campbell  ( statisticacc2.doc )
  • Census for Craignish from 1881 (census81.rtf) ( change format to XLS or word and upload )
  • Census for 1891 as an excel spreadsheet    (census91.xls)
  • Rent Rolls book 1 PDF  rent rolls from john macdougall 1760's this exists as searchable files in the Lunga Database - REDO THIS LINK
  • History of Craignish.. Rambles through Craignish by Robert A Campbell 1947 
  • The Clan MacDougall Society of Great Britain Eire and Europe ( seems not to exist at present )
  • Clan MacDougall Society of the USA and Canada this site has lots of MacDougall related bits although very American orientated. Most of it is now only available for members.
  • Map of Scotland from Walter M. MacDougall's book, Journeying in MacDougall Country . ( MISSING find )
  • The Raven (MISSING find)   " according to the best authorities, the symbol of the Raven comes to Clan MacDougall from it's Viking ancestors. It comes as a bird of state and the companion of gods. Two Raven rode upon the shoulders of Odin. Their names were "thought" and "memory", for the Raven is said to be the wisest of birds. Some scholars have seen in the pictorial representations of the prows of the MacDougall galley a raven rather than the traditional dragon head. A tradition among the MacDougalls of Lunga says that the MacDougall galleys flew a "raven flag".
  • Ancient macdougall Tartan to buy (Jura )
     

Pipe Tunes info    


Local History Info
 

 

Some Castles in the area

  • Dunnolie and Dunstaffnage Castle, and Gylen are nearby MacDougall Castles
  • But there are plenty more to explore such as Inveraray ( home to the Dukes of Argyll,) Kilmartin Castle now a rental home, Carnasserie near Kilmartin and  Castle Stalker just north of Oban to name a few.

 

 
 



If you have any historical information that you think would be useful on these pages please email me on:
joh@lunga.com
 

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