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	History of the MacNeil Clan
		Neil MacNeil was the fifth chief and was described as a prince at the Council of the Isles held in 1252.
		The MacNeil stronghold on Barra was Kisimul Castle.
		Torquil MacNeill of Taynish was granted the islands of Gigha and Danna and on the mainland in 1440 by Alexander, Lord of the Isles.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanmacneil.htm (929 words)

	Clan MacNeil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The isle of Barra and certain lands of Uist were chartered to a Macneill in 1427; and in 1472, a charter of the Macdonald family is witnessed by Hector Mactorquil Macneill, keeper of Castle Swen.
		The Gigha Macneills are supposed to have sprung from Torquil Macneill, designated in his charter, "filius Nigelli", who, in the early part of the 15th century, received from the Lord of the Isles a charter of the lands of Gigha and Taynish, with the constabulary of Castle Sweyn, in Knapdale.
		In 1545 Gilliganan Macneill of Barra was one of the barons and council of the Isles who accompanied Donald Dubh, styling himself Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, to Ireland, to swear allegiance to the king of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_MacNeil (3755 words)

	Robert MacNeil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Montreal and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, MacNeil graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1955.
		MacNeil rose to fame during his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for PBS, which led to an Emmy Award.
		MacNeil is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MacDowell Colony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_MacNeil (581 words)

	Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust: Clans of Dalriada & Ui Neill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Clan MacNeil hails from Aodh O'Neill, the twentieth descendent of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the pagan fifth-century founder of the O'Neill High kingship.
		MacNeil clan histories state that Niall journeyed to the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides in the year 1049, and is considered the first chief of the clan.
		The surname Campbell derives from the Gaelic cam-beul (twisted mouth) and is one of the oldest clans in the Highlands.
	www.droitsweb.com /Druids/clanofda.html (3322 words)

	Tartans and Badges - The Tartans of Clan MacNeil
		Tartans and Badges - The Tartans of Clan MacNeil
		The tartan of the Macneils of Barra is the familiar fl, green, and blue tartan with narrow alternating white and yellow (encased in fl) stripes.
		As is the case with many clans, there are also a number of other tartans associated in some way with the Clan Macneil besides those recognized by the Chief as the clan tartan or tartans.
	www.clanmacneil.ca /tartan4.htm (554 words)

	Clan MACNEIL
		The Gigha Macneills are supposed to have sprung from Torquil Macneill, designated in his charter, "filius Nigelli", who, in the early part of the 15th century, received from the Lord of the Isles a charter of the lands of Gigha and Taynish, with the constabulary of Castle Sweyn, in Knapdale.
		In 1545 Gilliganan Macneill of Barra was one of the barons and council of the Isles who accompanied Donald Dubh, styling himself Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, to Ireland, to swear allegiance to the king of England.
		Septs of Clan MacNiel: MacNeilage, Neal, MacNelly, Neill.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/macneil2.html (3583 words)

	MacNeill Family - History
		The MacNeill clan claims descent from Niall, a descendent of Aodh O'Neill, a king of Northern Ireland at the beginning of the eleventh century.
		Gillieonan MacNeil, Neil Og's great-grandson received a new charter for Barra in 1427 from the Lord of the Isles.
		Gillieonan MacNeil was the 10th laird of Barra and 30th in line of descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages.
	home.pacbell.net /roymc/History.htm (403 words)

	Scottish Clans & Societies
		The Armstrong Clan Society strives to seek friendship and unity among Armstrongs and associated families, provide for the preservation of Armstrong artifacts unique to the family and to maintain a library,and serve as a genealogical and historical recorder of the membership.
		Clan Muirhead has and is in contact with the Lord Lyon Office and is working under advisment of his Office toword submitting prospective representatives to the Lord Lyon for consideration as representiters of the Name Muirhead.
		Clans of Scotland, USA "was formed in Alexandria, Virginia in 1962 as a way of promoting good fellowship among those people residing in the Washington area, and beyond, who are interested in Scottish culture.
	thecapitalscot.com /clans.html (2338 words)

	Clan Macneil from Scottish Themes, Scotland
		The MacNeils of Barra claim an 11th century descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, 4th century Irish king, but the earliest pertinent contemporary document is the Lord of the isles' 1427 charter of Barra and Boisdale to Gilleonan MacNeil.
		The MacNeils of Barra were members of the Council of the Lord of Isles until its demise, notorious outlaws in the 16th and 17th century, and later devoted Jacobites, Ruaridh Dhu leading the clan at Killiecrankie in 1689.
		Which is the clan, which the sept? Lord Lyon's 1962 decree that the MacNeils of Barra are chiefs of the whole name of MacNeil laid those questions to rest at law.
	www.scottishthemes.com /clan/clan_macneil.html (406 words)

	MacNeil Clan
		Clan MacNeil, standing proud as one of the fiercest of all island clans, claim descent from Niall, grandson of the king of Ireland, who settled the Outer Hebrides island of Barra in the mid 11th Century.
		This innate sense of fealty to the Crown of Scotland have led the MacNeils to be an honoured clan in the volumes of Scottish history.
		MacNeils have fought in many of Scotland's battles, from the famous Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 (for which the MacNeils received lands in Kintyre by way of reward), to supporting the Stuart monarchs in the Civil War, and the Jacobite Rising of 1715.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /macneil_clan/scottish_clans_history.html (507 words)

	Welcome to the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
		Clan MacLauchlan is one of the oldest of all the Scottish clans.
		Clan MacNeil in Canada is an association that exists to foster interest in Scottish heritage, culture, art, language and music.
		Clan Farquharson, USA is dedicated to continuing the spirit of kinship and pride of their clan in the individuals and families who are of Clan Farquharson heritage.
	www.piping.pe.ca /links/clans.cfm (195 words)

	Scottish Clans MacM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The twelfth Chief of the clan Alexander of Knap left two very interesting and enduring Macmillan memorials, the round tower near to Castle Sween known as Macmillan's tower and a remarkable Celtic cross in the churchyard of Kilmore, which is also the Clans burial ground.
		The MacNeils of Barra and the MacNeils of Gigha are both of Celtic origin, and Gigha is reckoned eldest cadet of Barra.
		The branch clan on Gigha changed when James MacDonald bought the island in the year of 1554, it changed hands again and in 1590 was acquired by hector MacNeil of Taynish.
	www.royalhouseofstewart.org.uk /clamacm.htm (4138 words)

	About Fuzzy Systems Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Clan MacNeil claim descent from Niall, a descendant of Aodh O'Neil, twentieth in descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages the famous founder of the U'Neill dynasty of High Kings of Ireland.
		The fifth chief, Neil MacNeil, was descibed as a Prince at a Council of the Isles in 1252 and aided in defeating the Norse at the battle of Largs in 1293.
		The fifteenth chief of Barra, Ruari MacNeil, was known as a "hereditary outlaw" and was dubbed "Ruari the turbulent".
	www.fuzzysys.com /aboutfse.html (769 words)

	Clan MacNeil calls on world support to take on Executive - [Sunday Herald]
		The chieftain of the Barra MacNeils is to rally hundreds of his clan members at a mass gathering on the island this summer in opposition to plans to cut its air service.
		The MacNeil spoke out as islanders ratcheted up the pressure on the Labour-led Executive by warning that its handling of the issue would be felt at the polls in May.
		The MacNeil said: 'People are worried that the Executive will force people into saying we have to have a hard strip -- in other words, we will have to abandon the beach -- and then the Executive will say sorry, we don't have the money for a hard strip.
	www.sundayherald.com /31815 (871 words)

	Roots Hebrides - genealogy and ancestry in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
		In today’s world, the clan system is seen as a positive part of Scotland’s heritage: clan societies link together Scots who have been dispersed all over the world by emigration, providing a sense of heritage and belonging.
		Any MacNeil is more than likely a descendant of the MacNeils of Barra and a Macleod would probably find that some Lewis blood lurks in their veins but it is not so easy as that - there are MacNeills in Lewis and MacLeods in Harris too.
		With the collapse of the authority of the Lordship of the Isles in the fifteenth century, rivalry between the main clans led to many bloody feuds between them, often exacerbated by mainland authorities, eager to use this as an excuse for the "pacification" of the Islands, to their own advantage.
	www.rootshebrides.com /clans (267 words)

	Scottish Surnames N-Y
		Schaw — a Lowland surname recorded in the 13th C.; the northern branch of the clan descended from Shaw, son of Gilchrist, grandson of the 6th chief of Clan Mackintosh.
		A Border clan whose ancestry traces to Uchtredus filisus Scoti of the 12th C. His two sons, Richard and Michael, were the heads of two branches of the family; linked by marriage to the duke of Monmouth and the powerful Douglas dukes of Queensberry.
		The clan's founder was William Saint Clair, son of Robert De Saint Clare of Normandy.
	www.daire.org /names/scotsurs3.html (2116 words)

	Welcome to the MacNeil surname Y-DNA project - Family Project Website
		This Neil MacNeill was married to Peggie Currie and this family settled in Prince Edward Island.
		This clan seems to have originated (about 20,000 years ago) in the area that is now southern France and adjacent Spain.
		In terms of "The Seven Daughters of Eve" this is the 'Clan of Jasmine' or a subdivision of it.
	www.familytreedna.com /public/MacNeil (5614 words)

	History
		The McGrail Sept of Ireland is a branch of the MacNeill Clan of Bara,Gigha and Conlonsay in the Western Isles of Scotland.
		The MacNeill Clan fought on the side of the Jacobites in 1715, and were led by Roderich Dhu (18th chief).
		Many of the MacNeills, however, remained true to their Faith, owing in part, to the strength of their Chieftains and the might of their arms in the Hebrides and Western Isles.
	www.tellurian.net /mcgrail/HISTORY.HTML (1251 words)

	Historic Rural Hill Farm
		Clans consisted of a certain number of families of the same name, sprung, as we believe from the same root, and governed by the lineal descendant of the parent family.
		The Clan names which are in use today have been passed down for centuries from the founders of the royal dynasties of the Picts, the Scots, and the Vikings in the Highlands, as well as the noble families of the Britons, Flemish, Normans, Angles and Saxons in the Lowlands and Borders.
		Today, the traditions still flourish through Clan Family Societies that are generally formed for educational, literary, historic preservation, and social purposes to further friendships and share the heritage of the clan family.
	www.ruralhillfarm.org /clans.htm (624 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan MacNeil : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Clan Macneil claims descent from Niall, a descendant of Aodh O’Neil King of the North of Ireland at the beginning of the eleventh century.
		Neil Macneil, fifth of Barra, was described as a prince at a Council of the Isles in 1252.
		The Macneils were Jacobites, and Black Roderick led his clansmen to fight for James VII at Killiecrankie in 1689.
	www.myclan.com /clans/MacNeil_94/default.php (845 words)

	The over 500 Tartans & Clan Index of Scottish Clans, Septs and Distinguished families. Search Engine traces family ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Eventually, clans or families adopted their own tartan, using a range of animal and earth colours which were frequently secret, only known to the weavers of the islands.
		A clan is a social group whose core comprises a number of families derived from, or accepted as being derived from, a common ancestor.
		Clan MacDonnell of Keppoch: MacGillivantic, MacGilp, Macglasrich, MacKillop, MacPhilip, Philipson, Ronald, Ronaldson.
	www.infokey.com /hall/tartans.htm (1781 words)

	clans
		Orginially the clan families were made up of the descendents of one man and his children.
		The Clan names which are in use today have come down from the founders of the royal dynasties of the Picts, the Scots and the Vikings in the Highlands as well as the noble families of the Britons, Flemish, Normans, Angles, and Saxons in the Lowlands and Borders.
		Today Clan Family Societies are generally formed for educational, literary, social or other beneficial purposes, to further friendships and share the heritage of the clan family.
	www.bethabarapark.org /calendar05/Untitled/clans/clans.html (111 words)

	Buy Clan Macneil from Scottish Kilts
		The MacNeils of Barra claim an 11th century descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, 4th century Irish king, but the earliest pertinent contemporary document is the Lord of the isles' 1427 charter of Barra and Boisdale to Gilleonan MacNeil.
		The MacNeils of Barra were members of the Council of the Lord of Isles until its demise, notorious outlaws in the 16th and 17th century, and later devoted Jacobites, Ruaridh Dhu leading the clan at Killiecrankie in 1689.
		Which is the clan, which the sept? Lord Lyon's 1962 decree that the MacNeils of Barra are chiefs of the whole name of MacNeil laid those questions to rest at law.
	scottishkilts.net /clan/clan_macneil.html (528 words)

	Clann MacNèill Bharra
		Arriving to restore a Celtic presence to Western Isles and to convert the occupying Norsemen to Christianity, the MacNèill ("sons of Niall") as they became to be known established the clan seat at an ancient Celtic fortification known to the Norsemen as Kisimul (Norse for "castle island").
		In 1838, Chief Roderick MacNeil was forced to sell the Island of Barra and 800 years of direct MacNeil rule came to an end.
		His son, Ian Roderick MacNeil, is a Harvard-educated Professor of Law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and the 26th MacNeil of Barra, 46th Chief of the Clan Neil.
	www.employees.org /~rneil/MacNeill/MacNeillofBarra.html (632 words)

	Matthew A. C. Newsome: The MacNeil tartans
		In 1997, the chief of the clan MacNeil, Ian Roderick MacNeil, addressed a letter to the members of Clan MacNeil gathered at the International Gathering on Barra in 1997.
		The MacNeil of Barra tartan was also woven by the firm Wilsons of Bannockburn and included in their 1819 Key Pattern Book, but with much broader fl lines than are seen today.
		MacLeay's 1868 portrait of Murdoch MacNeil has him in this tartan, with the note that it was the "newly designed MacNeil of Colonsay tartan." The MacNeil of Colonsay tartan that was submitted to the Highland Society of London in 1815 is quite different from this one, incorporating red into the design.
	blog.albanach.org /2006/07/macneil-tartans.html (1305 words)

	Scots of Victoria, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Clan Fraser Society of Victoria was established in 1988 as a branch of the Clan Fraser Society of Australia.
		Clan Macalister was set up in 1988 to honour the memory of the arrival of the first Macalister to Australia Ensign Lachlan Macalister, 48th Regiment Foot later Captain, in 1817.
		The Clan Association was established initially as The Clan MacNeil Association of N.S.W. and later changed its name as the membership grew.The association went into recess from 1986 - 2000 and we now have an active and growing membership in all eastern States of Australia.
	www.scotsofaus.org.au /clans.html (3074 words)

	Scottish Field: Clan Chiefs
		Margaret Elliot of Redheugh is the 29th Chief of Clan Elliot inherited in 1989 from her father, Sir Arthur Eliott of Stobs.
		Ian Roderick Macneil of Barra, Wigmore Professor of Law Emeritus, Northwestern University, is chief of the Clan Macneil.
		By Clan tradition he is 26th chief of Barra and 46th by descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Ireland.
	www.scottishfield.co.uk /news/categoryfront.php/id/151/Clan_Chiefs.html (520 words)

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