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Manu Forti (With a strong hand)

Clan Mackay's lands lay in Strathnaver in Sutherland, a district that took the name Lord Reay's Country after Sir Donald Mackay of Far was created Lord Reay in 1628. Sir Donald came to play a major role in the Thirty Years' War, raising a regiment that served Count Ernst Mansfeld and then King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists the chief as 'The Lord Reay'; the present holder is Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, who in the Netherlands is Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen.

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The MacKay Story

  1. 1487

    John Reawigh Mackay defeats the Rosses at Aldy-Charrish (11 July)[1]

  2. 1517

    Sutherland forces defeat John Mackay and his brother at Torran-Dubh[1]

  3. 1626

    Sir Donald Mackay is warranted to levy 3,000 men for Count Mansfeld's army[8]

  4. 20 Jun 1628

    Charles I creates Sir Donald Mackay of Far Lord Reay[1]

  5. 27 Jul 1689

    General Mackay commands the defeated government army at Killiecrankie[1][9]

  6. 19 Aug 2023

    Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, is inaugurated 29th chief at Strathnaver Museum[4]

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Map of Scotland with MacKay places marked

Tongue House, Tongue, Sutherland

Category A listed house, said by the listing record to have been rebuilt by Donald MacKay, Master of Reay, after General Monk's troops burned it.[6][1]

Caisteal Bharraich (Castle Varrich), near Tongue

Scheduled tower house in Tongue parish; the Historic Environment Scotland record says its history is unknown and it is said to have belonged to the Bishop of Caithness.[7]

Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.

Clan MacKay Today

ChiefThe Lord Reay (currently Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, who in the Netherlands is Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen)
Clan societyClan Mackay Society of the USA

Surnames linked to Clan MacKay

These family names are connected with Clan MacKay. Each list says who records the link.

Listed by the clan society or COSCA

  • Bain
  • Geddes
  • Kay
  • Keay
  • Morgan
  • Neilson
  • Paul
  • Paulson
  • Polson
  • Reay
  • Williams

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Questions about Clan MacKay

What is the Mackay motto?

Manu Forti, Latin for 'With a strong hand'.

Who is the chief of Clan Mackay?

The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists 'The Lord Reay'; the present holder is Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, inaugurated 29th chief in 2023.

Why does the Mackay chief also hold a Dutch title?

The Clan Mackay Society of the USA records that in the Netherlands the chief 'is Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen, with castle Ophemert'; the Reay family has a Dutch family home at Ophemert.

Where was the Mackay seat?

Tongue House in Sutherland. Electric Scotland calls Tongue 'the seat of his family', and the listing record says the house is said to have been rebuilt by Donald MacKay, Master of Reay, after General Monk's troops burned it.

Sources

  1. MacKay, Electric Scotland
  2. Find a clan: Mackay, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  3. Members of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
  4. Clan Mackay Inaugurates Lord Reay as 29th Chief, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  5. Clan Chiefs, Clan Mackay Society of the USA
  6. Tongue House (LB18458), Historic Environment Scotland
  7. Caisteal Bharraich, Tower (SM1896), Historic Environment Scotland
  8. MACKAY, DONALD [SSNE 93] - The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database, University of St Andrews (eds Steve Murdoch & Alexia Grosjean)
  9. Battle of Killiecrankie (BTL12), Inventory of Historic Battlefields, Historic Environment Scotland