The MacMillan sept name Leny also makes reference to this sword. This sword was said to refer to the weapon with which Cormac mac Airbertach (the "Great Bishop", father of Gilchrist, progenitor of Clan MacMillan) "performed some signal achievement, being a means of his first advancement". A central element in the Chief's coat of arms is the "crest", the two-handed sword or claymore (claidheamh-mor - "great sword" in Gaelic). MacMillan Chief's Coat of Arms The Chief's complete coat of arms, referred to as the "achievement" (pictured at left) is the standardized composite of a number of symbols of Clan MacMillan including the motto and holly plant badge. Clan MacMillan's badge derives from the Chief's coat of arms. It accompanies the coat of arms matriculated in 1742.
John McMillan of Balmaghie (c.1699 - 1753). The earliest record of it being applied in reference to the Clan is the signet ring of Rev. Who first employed it in this context and when is not known.
This translates as "Not myself being unacquainted with difficulty, I learn to succour the distressed". It derives from The Aeneid by Virgil in which the Carthagian queen Dido says"Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco". Clan motto: "Miseris Succurrere Disco".Ĭlan MacMillan's motto is Miseris Succurrere Disco (Latin for "I learn to succour the distressed"). Other clans sharing the holly badge are Drummond, MacInnes, MacLean and Matheson, this being coincidental and not connoting any other relationship with Clan MacMillan. By necessity, they had to be of varieties that did not shed their leaves, otherwise they would not serve in the winter. Worn in battle, these were called suaicheantas in Gaelic and believed to provide magical protection to the wearer. Well before badges and tartan identified a Highland clansman's affiliation, the plant badge was the only identifying emblem, sprigs affixed to the bonnet. Holly, the plant badge of Clan MacMillan. Read more about Clan MacMillan's tartans. While Highlanders certainly wore a kind of tartan, uniform clan tartans representative of specific clans did not generally come into existence until the nineteenth century. However, these contemporary symbols were not commonly worn when Highland clans existed in the traditional sense, that is before "the '45". Scottish clans are replete with symbols, today's proud clansman bedecked in tartan and clan badges.
Clan MacMillan International Symbols of Clan MacMillan.
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