2007-10-22 06:27:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
Mac vs. Mc - one being Scottish the other Irish - is said to be a myth.
Mc is just the abbreviated form of Mac. You also get Mac in Ireland.
Mc or MacDonald is from Clan Donald - the larget Scottish clan. It means "son of Donald".
2007-10-23 02:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Wikipedia, no, but I would debate this, as the name can be traced to both countries.
Family origins
The McDonald family were of Irish origin. In the US Federal Census of 1910, both brothers (Maurice as "Morris") appear in Manchester ward 8, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, and their father Patrick J McDonald is shown as originating from Ireland, having emigrated in 1877 as a baby. Their mother Margarete is also shown as Irish born, emigrating to the USA in 1884 as a child. The couple were earlier recorded on the 1900 US Federal Census in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Patrick McDonald appears on the 1880 US Federal Census in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, aged 7, son of Michael and Mary McDonald, both born in Ireland in the 1840s, of Irish born parents.
This has come under scrutiny with recent genealogy showing that the family apparently originated from Glencoe, Scotland. This was brought to light when McDonald's refused to put menus in Scottish Gaelic, and local people argued this was the McDonald ancestral home and not putting menus in Gaelic was an insult to the brothers' heritage. However, the McDonald brothers have a proven Irish genealogy back to their great-grandparents, circa 1820.
Ray Kroc (October 5, 1902 - January 14, 1984) took over and franchised the then single-restaurant McDonald's Corporation from 1955. (The first McDonald's restaurant was started by Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald in 1940.)
2007-10-22 13:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by HH6 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When growing up I was also told that. Mc is the Irish spelling. Mac is the Scottish. So that being correct. Then I doubt it.
2007-10-23 03:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the name could be deemed to have a Scottish connection.
2007-10-23 02:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dick & Mac McDonald's family were originally of Irish extraction, not Scottish.
2007-10-22 13:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew L 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ronald McDonald's granny was frightened by a man in a kilt. So he decided to get his own back by feeding the Scots on fatburgers.
2007-10-22 13:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like it
2007-10-22 15:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by Fred3663 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, according to their website it was started in America
2007-10-22 13:36:00 · answer #8 · answered by anon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i dont know the facts for sure but I know that it is everywhere.
2007-10-22 18:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by zora 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO thankfully
2007-10-22 15:46:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋