Clan Crest & Coats of Arm, Clan Infomation
MacNeil Crest & Coats of Arms
Feb
MacNeil of Barra Clan Crest
Crest Description: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a rock Proper
MacNeil of Barra Coats of Arms
A note on Coats of Arms:
Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here:
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MacNEIL of Gigha
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure, a lion rampant, Argent, armed and langued, Gules; 2nd, Argent, a sinister hand, couped, fesseways, in chief, Gules, and in base, wavy, Azure, a salmon, naiant, of the first; 3rd, Or, a lymphad, her oars in saltire, Gules, on a chief, of the last, three mullets, of the first.
Quarterly: 1st, Vert, a lion rampant, Or; 2nd, Argent, issuing from a sea in base a triple towered castle, Proper; 3rd, Or, a lymphad, Sable, sails furled, oars in action, Sable, flagged, Gules; 4th, Or, a dexter hand, erect, couped, within an orle of nine fetterlocks, Gules (for the Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Ireland, founder of the O’Neill dynasty).
Kisimul Castle: Clan MacNeil coat of arms
