The Battle of Dingwall was a Scottish clan battle said to have taken place in 1411 at Dingwall in Ross, in the Scottish Highlands. It was fought between the Clan Mackay, led by Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver, and the forces of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, who had invaded Ross with the intention of seizing the Earldom of Ross by force. Donald had assembled his forces at Ardtornish Castle on the Sound of Mull before marching into Ross, meeting no significant opposition until he encountered a large body of Mackay men at Dingwall, the seat of the Earls of Ross. According to Alister Farquar Matheson, Angus Mackay led a force comprising Mackays, Munros, Mackenzies and Dingwalls, though Charles Ian Fraser noted there is no positive proof the Munros were present, and some Munros may in fact have fought in the Lord of the Isles' own host at the subsequent Battle of Harlaw.
The conflict ended in a decisive victory for Donald. Angus Du Mackay was overpowered by numbers, his brother Rory-Gald was slain along with divers others, and Mackay himself was taken prisoner. Donald then captured and garrisoned Dingwall Castle. Emboldened by this victory, Donald marched through Inverness and Moray, threatening to destroy all before him, which issued in the well-known Battle of Harlaw, fought later in 1411. In the aftermath, according to 17th-century historian Sir Robert Gordon, Angus Du Mackay married a daughter of Donald MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, though 19th-century historian Angus Mackay contended that Mackay in fact married a sister of the Lord of the Isles rather than his daughter.
Sir Robert Gordon, writing around 1630, described how Angus-Dow Mackay fought against Donald, Lord of the Isles at Dingwall in Ross because Donald had molested some friends Angus-Dow had in that country; at this conflict Angus-Dow was overcome and taken prisoner, his brother Rory-Gald and divers others were slain, and Donald of the Isles, having detained Angus-Dow a while in captivity, released him and gave him his daughter in marriage, whom Angus-Dow carried home with him to Strathnaver.
Rory-Gald, brother of Angus Du Mackay, was killed along with divers others of the Mackay force. Angus Du Mackay himself was captured. Casualties on Donald's side are not recorded in the sources.
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