- AKA: Neil of Portrie
Biography
Niegel Adair of Portrie was born 1392 in Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland to Robert FitzGerald (1366-1445) and Arabella Campbell (1370-1450) and died 1475 Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland of unspecified causes. He married Marrietta Vans (1395-1476) 1418 JL in Scotland.
He signed as a witness (using the name Neil of Portrie ), a document for the Hereditary Sheriff of Galloway in 1426, being a mature man. He had previously settled in Potre. His wife's name is not known. Their castle was Dunskey, near Portpatrick, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is still designated on the Historical Map of Scotland. He was a witness to the restoration of the lands of the Lochnaw by William Douglas to Andrew Agnew in 1426. His father, (Robert Fitzgerald de Adair), had a second son, Robert Adair of Kinhilt, ancestor of the Adairs of Genoch.
Dunskey Castle
Dunskey Castle
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. On a clear day, the coast of Ireland is visible 21 miles away. Dunskey Castle is a scheduled monument, a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The castle was home to the Adair family for over 300 years, with a brief period when it fell into the hands of the Kennedy family in 1455. The original fortification was plundered and then destroyed in 1489 by Sir Alexander McCulloch. The tower house was then rebuilt in 1510 by Ninian Adair which is when it took on its L-shaped tower house layout. This version of the castle would have had a curtain wall and a watch tower out on the cliff edge.
Descendants
No documentation found to support existence of any other children except for these:
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Adair (1418-1485) | 1418 Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland | 1485 | Miss Vaux (1420-) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Niegel Adair (1392-1475) | 1392 Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland | 1475 Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland | Marrietta Vans (1395-1476) |
| Robert Adair (c1393-) | 1393 Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland | Wigtownshire, Scotland | |
Residences
See Also
- Niegel Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair Family Ancestry
- Adair in Wigtownshire
- Neigel de Adair - Geni.com