Tour Scotland photograph of the James McDonald gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Died 3rd November 1889, aged 87. MacDonald, Macdonald, and McDonald are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic name MacDhòmhnaill, which in modern Gaelic is approximated as McConnell. It is a patronym where Mac means " son " and Dhòmhnaill means " of Dòmhnall ". The personal name Dòmhnall is composed of the elements domno " world " and val " rule ". In the context of Scottish clans, the various forms of the name refer to one of the largest clans, Clan Donald.
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