MacNeil of Barra Clan Crest
Crest Description: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a rock Proper
MacNeil of Barra Coats of Arms
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MacNEIL of GighaQuarterly: 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.
MacNEIL of BarraQuarterly: 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
On 27 May 1915, these arms were matriculated in name of Robert Lister Macneil of Barra as Chief of the Name and Arms of Macneil. An American, Macneil bought the Barra estate some years later in 1937 and was responsible for the restoration of the chiefly stronghold of Kisimul Castle. He died in 1970.
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 […]
