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Meminisse sed providere (Remember but look ahead)
Clan MacNicol, in Gaelic MacNeacail, took its chiefs' designation from Scorrybreac, land near Portree on the Isle of Skye. The MacLeods of Lewis came by the family's Lewis possessions through marriage with a MacNicol heiress in the 14th century, and after the dissolution of the Lordship of the Isles the clan followed the MacDonalds of Sleat. Formal chiefship, dormant for centuries, was restored in the 1980s, and John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac, who took up the chief's duties in 2003, lives at Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
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The motto of Clan Macnicol is Meminisse sed providere (Remember but look ahead). It appears on the Clan Macnicol crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Macnicol productsThe MacLeods of Lewis gain the family's Lewis possessions through a MacNicol heiress[3]
Stornoway Castle is destroyed by Cromwell's forces[3]
The chief leaves Scorrybreac and his family settles in Tasmania[3]
Iain Norman Carmichael MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac is recognised as chief[3]
John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac takes up the chief's duties on 15 October[3]
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Meminisse sed providere — 'Remember but look ahead'.
Yes. MacNeacail is the Gaelic form of the name; the Clan MacNicol Federation gives the chiefly style as 'MacNeacail (MacNicol or Nicholson) of Scorrybreac'.
The Clan MacNicol Federation says the MacLeods of Lewis 'appear to have inherited or stolen their considerable possessions through marriage with a MacNicol heiress in the 14th century'.
John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac, chief since 2003, who lives in Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
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Clan MacLeodThe MacLeods of Lewis gained the family's Lewis possessions through marriage with a MacNicol heiress in the 14th century.
Clan MacDonaldAfter the dissolution of the Lordship of the Isles the clan followed the MacDonalds of Sleat.