Associated Clans - Clan MacPhail - Clann Phail

Clan Chief Paul Macphail (deceased)

One of the earliest occurrences of the name of Phail in official records was is 1414.a Gillemore M'Phale.

Since at least the early 1500's, Clan Phail was associated with the lands of Inverarnie, located about 12 kilometers south of Inverness on the River Nairn and about eight kilometers west of Loch Moy, ancestral home of the Mackintoshes. The Phails of Inverarnie were recognized as leaders of the Clan and as such signed a number of important Clan Chattan bonds and documents throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

The earliest known Phail connected to these lands was Gillies MacPhall who married Margaret Mackintosh in the late 1400's. In 1547, Duncan Makconquhy Dow (Macphail) in "Innourerny" leased half of the Lands of Tullich and Elrig in the Lordship of Strathnairn from his cousin, Mariota Euyne Thomas Makewin.

In 1555, Duncan's son Paul inherited his deceased father's interest in Tulloch and Elrig and conveyed the same to his son, Duncan M'Phaill M'Condochy Doye, in 1577.

"With the loss of the lands, the coherence of the family was destroyed. The larger part drifted southward and took root in Argyllshire, where they became absorbed into the general life ... and lost the sense of the relationship. Nearly all of those who now bear the name look no further back than this new home. The remnant that remained ... died out, so that not one of the name now remains [in the area]." The last of the old Known chiefly line, Paul Macphail, died in Australia in 1904.

Septs

Macphail, MacFeel, McPhail, MacPhail, MacFall, McPhaill, MacPaill, MackFall, McPaul, MacPheal, MacFell, McFail, MacPail, MacFaul, McFaill, Macpheel, MacFule, McPhaul, Macphaile, MacFoill, McFaul, Macphale, Macpawle, McFall, Macpheall, Macpaul, Phail, Macphayll, MacPhall, Paul, Macphaul, MacFauld, Fall, McPhell, MacVale, Fail, MacFail, MacVail, Fell, Polson, Vicphail, Niphail