Fallen Kingdom: The MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles | FULL DOCUMENTARY 

Same here 😆

OMG, I'm a MacDonald and Campbell, hello cousin!

Hahaha its probably unlikely your new "cousin" will get back to you as you have the word deviant in your name. Let me know how you get on lol

Wow! That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing. Nice detective work! 🕵️‍♀️

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios thank you, I've been soaking up as much information as possible to learn more about my bloodline.

Same, hes my 11th great grandfather, my great granny was a mcdonald

@madhatter7785 I’ve recently received some DNA results that suggest my ancestry is from McDonalds of Glencoe. I live in SC, I would love to connect!

​@@Daniel_Watkinsthat would be awesome. I would like to connect as well.

Wow

Yup, the traditions of Glastonbury . Go all the way through King Author , Boutica & the Tin-man . To the very family of Christ. Thanks .

Somerled Being a common ancestor , to The Crown . (Stewart) . Somerled 20 million descendents , second only to Genghis Khan . Wow !!!

That got my face leaking . Maybe lonely , but not alone .

My great great grandfather also

Absolutely fascinating stuff, you have a rich heritage indeed!! Many thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it 😊

I’m a descendant of this same family. We live in California now.

I'm from england from my Dads side family name is Irish and from my mum's side is Scottish my grandad is Scottish native from the macdonald clan and we have roots with somerled Norse Gaelic Lord of the island and I'm pagan

MacDonald’s are related to everyone twice

​@@mellissabrandon664same!

Just a quick point on the semantics here as I know it's confusing. In Scotland, Royalists were mostly Scots (English-speaking Lowlanders: 'Albannaich' in Gaelic). The Gaels (Highlanders) were the traditional opponents of the Crown. This changed in the early modern era when the 'wrong' king - William of Orange - displaced James VII, whose supporters -Jacobites - included many Gaels; indeed, the Jacobite army at Killiecrankie was predominantly comprised of Highlanders. But yes, it's quite possible your ancestors were forcibly relocated from their Highland territory as part of the Highland Clearances.

Many thanks for the kind words and for watching. I found the research for this really enjoyable and entertaining - the stories are too good to be lost to history!

Damn, that’s quite the compliment! Thanks dude, glad you enjoyed the film.

Really interesting. Would love to hear more of these folk’s stories.

That’s praise of the very highest order. Thanks so much for your support, it’s really appreciated. 👍

Excellent recommendations!

Many thanks!

And many thanks for watching! Glad you’re finding it all useful! 🙂

Glad you liked it!

Sir, can you tell me, for my genealogy research: What is the difference between "MacDonald" and "McDonald"? My husband's mother was "McDonald" from New York State. I can trace her grandparents through Nova Scotia but it stops there. James A. Mcdonald married to Mary (neé Close). James A. Born 1837 N. S. and died 1924 Monroe county New York.

@tanyajoy There is no difference between Mac and Mc, the latter is simply an abbreviation. :)

Hello from Scotland! Thanks for watching!

Thanks man. It’s Andrew Prahlow’s title theme from the video game ‘Outer Wilds’. www.mobiusdigitalgames.com/outer-wilds.html

It’s on the to do list! Thanks for watching :)

Consider it added to the to-do list!

Thanks. It is indeed; all music is listed in the end credits :)

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios awesome! Thanks!

It’s great isn’t it? The music credits are at 38:45. It’s called ‘Smeòrach Chlann Dòmhnaill’; ‘The Songbird of Clan Donald’. The lyrics are wonderful if you can find a good translation (AI translation butchers it). The ‘holli-li-li-lili-ho’ refrain is purely phonetic and meant to simulate the bird’s call. “A songthrush of Clan Donald am I; A _mavis_ (colloquial: tuneful bird) on the floor at Phabuil…”

Thank you for the prompt response. I believe Julie fowlis has a version of this as well, though I may be mistaken. Either way it is one of my favorite gaelic songs and I've never been able to find the title, so I thank you once again!

That’s a rich and fascinating heritage! :) Thanks for watching.

Thank you

Good name.

@@hughmac13 hello my maybe distant cousin!

Cool!

They made their own a thousand years prior. Besides, even in the depths of starvation, they probably wouldn't have considered it edible.

Given the last one to carry the name who held a prominent position in government (New Labour spin doctor Alasdair), we don’t blame you.

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios Yep, even back then the Campbell's were doing the dirty work on behalf of those in London. There's a great video done by Scotland History Tours on RU-vid about the massacre... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--FZktUwCgk8.html

When the Great Liar needed a mouthpiece his hireling was a Campbell.

Me neither

Ah! Spite is so wonderfully satisfying, isn't it?

Indeed.

​​@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios orkney was another mainland britain capital of old I've seen

Thanks for watching and commenting! The Kingdom of Dalriada was an Irish Sea domain. There were Anglo-Saxons in the borders and lowlands, but in the West the Vikings had control of most of the old Dalriada by the 9th Century. As such, there would certainly be Celtic ‘refugees’ who would have moved eastwards to escape them… but as to the extent of this, and its bearing on the constitution of Alba, we have little evidence to go on.

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios at the height of Dal Riada, the Kingdom included Argyle and Antrim. Scotland was already inhabited by Celts prior to the Gaels arriving on their shores. The Gaels that formed Dal Riada met the Pictish Brythonic Celts. Kenneth MacAlpine was the first King of Scotland, in the 9th century, and this is what led to the Kingdom of Alba being created. Kenneth brought the Pictish Celts and the Gaelic Celts together under a single Royal line. While there was likely some displacement when the Vikings arrived, they ended up having significant cultural exchange which is evident in the Norse language and art adopted into Celtic languages and culture. These interactions also resulted in intermarriage between the Viking settlers and the Celtic population. As for the border areas, they are significantly more Celtic descent than Anglo Saxon descent, as Celtic peoples had been living there for thousands of years prior to the expansion of Anglo Saxons. The Anglo Saxons didn’t “replace” the Celts in the border areas and lowlands (not saying that’s what you said, but people often confuse the presence of Anglo Saxons in the Southern regions of Scotland as being the only people that inhabited those regions which is false). Anglo Saxon culture was adopted albeit not fully. British education covers up a lot of Scotlands predominately Celtic past. If you think I’m wrong please enlighten me. Great video though.

@xtramail4909 Not at all, that’s a fair comment and you make very good points. In an enormously condensed history feature such as this I realise I’m, by definition, making sweeping statements that some will disagree with or identify as poorly communicated. Your feedback is to extremely important as I continually strive for accuracy and to correct poor phrasing or factual error. I may reupload this in the future with a more nuanced description of the instance you mention. Once again, thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated.

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios it’s an extremely complex, long history that is a challenge to cover. Keep up the great work! ☺️

@xtramail4909...the dalriada may have been real(from scotland to ireland) tho.....the scotti coming from ireland is a myth. it's gallic in scotland most likely coming from the frankish regions of europe.

Thanks for watching! Given the scope of the subject it wasn’t possible to go into such detail but your comments are noted and I’ll endeavour to cover this in further MacDonald - connected episodes (Sgorr Dhonuill, Mull etc). :)

Begone, Campbell. There is no joy without Clan Donald; there is no strength without them; the best clan in the world: every good man was one of them. The noblest clan ever born, who personified prowess and awesomeness; a people to whom tyrants made submission; they had great wisdom and piety. A brave, kind, mighty clan, the hottest clan in the face of battle, the most gentle clan among women and most valorous in war. Etc., etc.

You dont know what you're talking about! Clann Ruaidhrí never held the Lordship - once - ever! They tried - failed! And Donald son of Raghnall son of Somerled never married Ami! That was John son of Donald son of Angus Og. So why believe anything you say? Yes, Donald did take Magaret as his second wife which was pretty dam common those days.

@@hughmac13 Thank you! That Blood still exist it made sure to get far to and warn it’s descendants tell the story. I didn’t get to hear it until I was 24 my grandfather told me it and I have researched as much as I can find. This is the greatest information I have found this far for Glencoe. I really like this Page. Time puts people different places. That blood is humbled and ready to stand for the people of the US and everyone who has good in they’re heart elsewhere. I hope to see Glencoe one day and return the blood that left over 332 years ago.

‘vik’ = a narrow inlet, cove, fjord ing = a person from

Who?

Galgel it's a work shop in glasgow there a charity foundation basd in glasgow ibrox there built one then another thay gave 1 to the transport museum if you goggle them you'll get a lot of information and mabi see it

Brilliant, thanks!

@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios a was just letting g u no case u wanted to see one its the first in almost 800 years or something

Pardon?

Coming in hot there chief. What you call historical inaccuracies are legitimate academic theories for which there is evidence both for and against. Hence the “Lively academic debate”, this is a contested subject. We are all contributing to the debate.

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios Takes a stretch of the imagination to think of the Anglo Saxons coming up to the western isles to join forces with the Picts to fight the Vikings thus forming Scotland no matter what academic theories you follow, just saying !🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Nowhere in the film is it suggested that Anglo-Saxons were in the western isles or even the west coast. Thanks for watching though!

@@UtopiaPlanitiaStudios Go back and listen to to your opening narrative it’s as clear as day, from you reply though it’s sounds unintentional , thank you too for going to the trouble of making the video it’s very good, history matters and has brought us to where we are today, Slainte Pal

Like we said, “lively academic debate”! 😀

What?

IKEA got there first mate... those cinnamon buns (fika) 😍 ahhh