• Colm MacKinnon

    NOBLE CHIEF OF CLAN MACKINNON (Deceased)

  • Malvina MacKinnon

    DOWAGER LADY MACKINNON

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The Mark of Colm

  • A boar’s head with a shinbone in his mouth. According to family legend, Chief Colm MacKinnon was leading a hunting party outside Loch Scavaig. After becoming separated from the group, Colm sought shelter in a cave. While preparing his kill for supper, he was attacked by a wild boar. To save himself, he drove his shank of venison into the boar’s mouth, killing it, and thus preserving his life.

Clan Motto

  • Audentes Fortuna Juvat - Fortune Assists the Daring

Tartan

  • Field of rich red commanding attention, deep green symbolizing the hunt, and white symbolizing battle.

War Cry

  • Cuimhnich bàs Alpein (Remember the death of Alpin)

Progenitor

  • Finandus, one of the seven direct descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin who conquered the Picts in 843 and became the first King of Scotland.

Plant Badge

  • Scots pine is an evergreen conifer native to northern Europe. Mature trees grow to 35m and can live for up to 700 years. The bark is a scaly orange-brown, which develops plates and fissures with age. Twigs are green-brown and hairless.

Clan Seat

  • Granted to the MacKinnon clan after their loyalty to Robert the Bruce during the Scottish War of Independence, Dun Ringill is a converted ring fort, and has been on Skye since the Iron Age.