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Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune favours the bold)
Clan MacKinnon is a small Hebridean clan historically based on Skye and Mull, reckoned one of the Siol Alpin clans said to descend from Alpin. The clan supplied the abbots and priors for the monastery on Iona, and its historic seat, Caisteal Maol near Kyleakin, was built by the MacKinnons in the 15th century above the strait between Skye and the mainland.
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The motto of Clan MacKinnon is Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune favours the bold). It appears on the Clan MacKinnon crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
In Scotland a crest belongs to the chief, not to everyone with the surname. Clan members may wear the crest badge, with the crest inside the strap and buckle, to show that they belong to the clan. The plain crest without the strap remains the chief’s own.
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View all MacKinnon productsThe MacKinnon family builds the tower of Caisteal Maol above the Kyle Akin strait[5]
Sir Lachlan MacKinnon is a signatory to the statutes of Icolmcill (Iona)[4]
The MacKinnons fight at Inverlochy in the force of the Marquis of Montrose[2]
The clan is out in the Jacobite risings of 1715, 1719 and 1745[4]
The chief, forfeited after Sheriffmuir, is pardoned[2]
1Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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Audentes Fortuna Juvat, Latin for 'Fortune favours the bold'.
Madam Anne Gunhild MacKinnon of MacKinnon, the 38th Chief of the Name and Arms of MacKinnon.
Skye and Mull in the Inner Hebrides, with the historic seat at Caisteal Maol near Kyleakin.
The Clan MacKinnon Society records that the clan supplied the abbots and priors for the monastery on Iona.
By tradition, yes. MacKinnon is described as a clan of the Siol Alpin, sprung from Fingon, brother of an ancestor of the MacGregors, and bonds of 1606 and 1671 declare common descent with MacNab and with MacGregor.
Clan MacGregorA bond of 1671 between James MacGregor of MacGregor and Lauchlan MacKinnon declares them 'descended lawfullie frae twa brether of auld descent'.Visit Clan MacGregor →
Clan MacNabA bond of 12 July 1606 between Lauchlan MacKinnon and Finlay MacNab declares them 'come of ane house, and being of ane surname and lineage'.Visit Clan MacNab →Thanks for subscribing!
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