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- Torquil MacNeill (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall MacNèill) was a mid sixteenth century clan chief. In the sixteenth century, there was a clan of MacNeills centred on the Inner Hebridean island of Gigha. In about 1530, the chief of the clan, Niall MacNeill of Gigha, died without a male heir.
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Torquil MacNeill (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall MacNèill) was a mid sixteenth century clan chief. In the sixteenth century, there was a clan of MacNeills centred on the Inner Hebridean island of Gigha. In about 1530, the chief of the clan, Niall MacNeill of Gigha, died without a male heir.
When Torquil MacNeill was born about 1500, in Taynish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Neill MacNeill MacAychin of Dunworich, was 27 and his mother, Mrs Neill McNeill, was 25. He married Mrs Torquil McNeill about 1539, in Gigha, Argyll, Scotland.
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The earliest records tell us that Torquil McNeill of Taynish and Gigha fought with Alexander, 3rd Lord of the Isles in the battle at Lochabar against King James 1st in 1429. Following the battle, they were imprisoned in Tantallon castle until October 1431.
Oct 17, 2005 · The first McNeil of this family about whom there is good documentary evidence is Torquil (died c. 1380) who was Constable of Sweyn Castle which was an appendage of the Scottish Crown at Knapdale in North Cantyre. He was also Chief of the Clan Neill of Taynish in Cantyre and Gigha.
Torquil MacNeill of Taynish was granted the islands of Gigha and Danna and on the mainland in 1440 by Alexander, Lord of the Isles. Torquil became keeper of Sween Castle in 1449 but the castle passed to the MacMillans through marriage to a female heiress when the male line failed.
In the mid 16th century, a certain Torquil MacNeill was known as the "chief and principal of the clan and surname of Maknelis". The 19th century scholar W.F. Skene considered Torquil to be the last of the hereditary MacNeill keepers of the castle.
Clan MacNeil Individuals. Torquil MacNeill (around 1449) He was the keeper of Castle Sween in Knapdale and the founder of many branches of the family, MacNeill of Taynish. Rory MacNeill (died around 1610) A clan chief from the fifteenth century who was described as a hereditary outlaw.
