MacNeil or Macneill vintage clan glengarry - bonnet badge. As worn by the MacNeil’s of Barra

MOTTO - Vincere vel mori - To conquer or die

BLAZON - A Rock Ppr.

SOURCE - Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed.

Size approx. 42mm x 38mm

Clan MacNeil, also known in Scotland as Clan Niall, is a highland Scottish clan of possibly Irish origin. According to their early genealogies and some sources they're descended from Eógan mac Néill and Niall of the nine hostages. The clan is particularly associated with the Outer Hebridean island of Barra, The early history of Clan MacNeil is obscure, however despite this the clan claims to descend from the legendary Irish King Niall of the Nine Hostages. The clan itself takes its name from a Niall who lived in the 13th or early 14th century, and who belonged to the same dynastic family of Cowal and Knapdale as the ancestors of the Lamonts, MacEwens of Otter, Maclachlans, and the MacSweens.

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