His Barra inheritance was complex. In 1838 the 41st clan chief, General Roderick MacNeil, facing bankruptcy, had sold Barra to a Colonel Gordon of Cluny, together with the family's crumbling ...

But research into Colonel Roderick MacNeil, last chief of Clan MacNeil, has revealed the desperate moves of the man who evicted his tenants and embarked on what is believed to be Scotland's only ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. For centuries the MacNeil clan based on the Hebridean island of Barra have proudly claimed to be descendants of Ireland's "greatest" King ...

Barra's Kisimul Castle dates from the 15th Century and was built on a rock in a bay as a Macneil power base. Members of Clan Macneil and Historic Scotland have raised £200,000 for the planned work.

For more than 1,000 years the family of Iain MacNeil, 46th chief of the clan MacNeil, has lived on the islands of Barra and Vatersay in the Western isles. But with the right to buy enshrined in ...

Kisimul Castle, at Castlebay on Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, was the clan Macneil stronghold. Concerns were raised over the lengthy closure of the historic site after its doors closed to the ...

Clan chief Ian MacNeil was active in the Barra community Ian MacNeil, 80, the 46th chief of the Clan MacNeil of Barra, had been suffering from lymphoma. Last night Angus MacNeil, the Western Isles ...

Rory MacNeil, chief of Clan MacNeil of Barra, said locals had worked with the environment for hundreds of years. The Scottish government said there has been consultation about the proposed SAC and ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. For centuries the MacNeil clan based on the Hebridean island of Barra have proudly claimed to be descendants of Ireland's "greatest" King ...