The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
.Surnames of The Southland
 Their Origin and Meaning
BIT SAMUEL GRANT oLIrHANr. A M. Ph. D.
NUMBER VX.

prevail in Ireland and the forms Mac Dougall. MacDougal, MacDugal, Mac Doga1i in Scotland. There are excep- tions to this general rule in both di- rections. M'Doweil Is the particular variant that leads numerically in Ire land ard MacDougali and Masdougal in Scotland.
 The MacDowalis or Macdowais were for centuries the most considera ble Celtic family in Galloway where they are said to be descendants of the old Celtic lords of Galloway. The lord of Galloway in fis0 is termed Roland Macdougal. princeps Gallowidiae." Fergus. Uchtred and Duncan were the prevailing names in both families and the Macdowais bore the same arms as the lords of Galloway. Their chief property and power were in wigton- shire and they had estates also in Kirkcudbrfght.
 The barony of Yetholm in Roxburg- shire was granted in the last quarter of the fourteenth century to Archi- bald MacdougaL His descendants still on the estate are now Macdowals. The MacDeugalis now are strongest In Ar gyllshire.
 One tradition derives the family from Dogali, son of Sumerled. Lord of the Isles" a famous Highland chief tain of the twelfth century. the great Thane of ArgyH.
 The original surname is the Gaelic patronymic MacDhughaill. "the son of Dughall."
 The Gaelic personal name Dughall is. in the Middle Gaelic of the Book of the Dean of Lismore," about l5i2. written Dowgall. with genitive Dowle. A manuscript of 14s7 gives the genitive as Dubgaill. In l2s9 the name is found as Dugald, still a com- rr1nr vi anf 0.A nr.Na The Middle Irish Dubgall is recorded as early as s12.
 The name signifies "The Dark Stranger Its usual application was to a Dane as distinguished from Fin gall, The Fair Stranger" applied to a Norwegian. The traditional descent from Sumerled agrees with this. Su- nerled. or Sumerletha, was frequent name among the Danes in England and Scotland. It signifies "the summer wanderer." the viking who secured the seas in summer, the season for navi- gation in northern waters.
 The prototheme is the Gaelic dubh, Old Irish and Pictish dub, Welsh and Breton du, Cornish duv. Gailic dubos, dubus (whence the name of the river Doubsl, all meaning dark. black" It is frequent in the proper names of both persons and places; e. g.. Douglas, Dublin , etc. It Is cognats with the Gothic daubs, Old High German toub and English deaf, all equally dark of hearing" also with the Gothic dumbs, old High German tumb and English dumb. all dark of speech;" also the Greek tuphlos. blind. dark (of sight,; and the Lettish dumsch, dark brown" and dumbra, black" both dark of color as the Celtic words signify.
 The deuterotheme gall Is the Gaelic Gall. Early Irish gall, Cymrie gal "the stranger. foreigner, outlander." It IS found in the Latin Gaiiia, @Gaul" and the Greek Galates, "Gaul. Galatian.s
 Various attempts have been made to connect this with the Gothic gasts, Old High German gast. English guest, Old SIavonic gostu. Latin hostis, Greek xenos, Albanian huai. all meaning pri- marily "a stranger" but the phonetics present grave difficulties.
 Others seek its origin In the Gaelic gal, "valor," Old Irish and Old Breton gal might, power" Welsh gallu and Breton ga1loet. "to be able. to have power:1 Cornish gallos. might" This