Gylen Castle With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To The Firth of Lorn Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Gylen Castle on the Island of Kerrera, Gaelic: Cearara, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Firth of Lorn, Britain, United Kingdom. The castle was strategically positioned on a rocky ridge at the south end of Kerrera, overlooking the Firth of Lorn, to control sea routes and defend the surrounding area. The castle was primarily occupied by the MacDougall clan, who supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. In 1647, a Covenanter army, led by General David Leslie, besieged Gylen Castle. The MacDougalls, fearing a massacre like the one at Dunaverty Castle, surrendered. However, the Covenanters broke their promise, executed the defenders, and burned the castle. It was also the place where King Alexander II of Scotland died in 1249. The surname McDougal was first found in Galloway, Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh, an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown and Kirkcudbright, where they were descended from Dugall eldest son of Somerled, first Lord of the Isles, and his son Duncan who received the lands of Lorn. The Clan was a bitter foe of Robert the Bruce, who made a narrow escape during one battle with the MacDougals only by discarding his cloak. The brooch of this cloak, now known as the Brooch of Lorn, is a treasured possession of the Chief of the Clan. The Clan faced heavy retaliation and was stripped of their lands once Robert the Bruce secured the Scottish throne. The lands were restored to the Clan upon the death of the king, but passed to the Stewarts in 1388 when the last member of the senior branch of MacDougals died without issue. James McDougal arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship Sir Charles Forbes in 1839; Christina McDougal, aged 20, a seamstress, arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship Frenchman; Mr. McDougal, a Scottish settler travelled from Greenock by Glasgow aboard the ship Philip Laing arriving in Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 15th April 1848; Archibald McDougal settled in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, in 1813; Mary McDougal arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1835; Allan McDougal, aged 29, arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1864. The surname has many spellings including; MacDougall, MacDowall, MacDowell, MacDugald, MacDill, McDougal and many more. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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