Old Photograph Ferry Gigha Scotland

Old photograph of islanders waiting for the North End ferry on the Isle of Gigha, a small island off the West coast of Kintyre, in Argyll, Scotland. The Gigha Macneills came from Torquil McNeill, designated in his charter, “ filius Nigelli, ” who, in the early part of the 15th century, received from the lord of the Isles a charter of the lands of Gigha and Taynish, with the constabulary of Castle Sween, in Knapdale. He had two sons, Neill his heir, and Hector, ancestor of the family of Taynish. Malcolm McNeill of Gigha, the son of Neill, who is first mentioned in 1478, was chief of this sept of the Clan Macneill in 1493. After that period the Gigha branch followed the banner of Macdonald of Isla and Kintyre, while the Barra Macneills ranged themselves under that of Maclean of Dowart.



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