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Clan MacKinlay

MacKinlay (also MacKinley), from the Gaelic MacFhionnlaigh, 'son of Finlay', is a sept surname rather than an independent clan and has no chief of its own. The Clan Buchanan Society International calls it the MacKinlay sept of Clan Buchanan, descended from Finlay, a cadet of Buchanan of Drumikill and believed to be the third son of Robert, second Laird of Drumikill. The Council of Scottish Clans & Associations also lists the name among the surnames of Clan MacFarlane and Clan Farquharson.

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Bagpiper Ornament

MacKinlay · Ancient

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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Table Runner Cotton Product detail: Made of durable cotton linen cloth material. Lightweight, durable and could be folded away compactly. Multi-function, stylish decor to any room or table. Gentle hand wash separately in cold water; no shrinkle; no color ran....
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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Table Runner Cotton

MacKinlay · Modern Tartan

MacKinlay Ancient tartan canvas table runner hanging over the end of an oak table by the fireClose-up of the MacKinlay Ancient tartan table runner end hanging over the table

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Canvas Table Runner - MacKinlay Ancient Tartan

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Canvas Table Runner A table runner printed all over in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan. Product detail: Canvas fabric, 75% polyester and 25% cotton. Printed on one side; the tartan is part of the print. 13 in wide, in three lengths:...
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Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Canvas Table Runner

MacKinlay · Ancient Tartan

MacKinlay Modern tartan canvas table runner hanging over the end of an oak table by the fireClose-up of the MacKinlay Modern tartan table runner end hanging over the table

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Canvas Table Runner - MacKinlay Modern Tartan

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Canvas Table Runner A table runner printed all over in the MacKinlay Modern tartan. Product detail: Canvas fabric, 75% polyester and 25% cotton. Printed on one side; the tartan is part of the print. 13 in wide, in three lengths:...
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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Canvas Table Runner

MacKinlay · Modern Tartan

Acrylic Highland cow calf ornament playing the bagpipes, in a MacKinlay Modern tartan Santa hat, scarf and pipe bag, with a custom name on the hatExample of the personalized Highland cow piper ornament with the name "MacKinlay" on the Santa hat

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Piper Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Piper Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name A fluffy Highland cow calf playing the bagpipes, dressed for Christmas in a Santa hat, scarf and pipe bag of the MacKinlay Modern tartan. The white fur band of the hat carries the...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Modern

Acrylic Highland cow calf ornament playing the bagpipes, in a MacKinlay Ancient tartan Santa hat, scarf and pipe bag, with a custom name on the hatExample of the personalized Highland cow piper ornament with the name "MacKinlay" on the Santa hat

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Piper Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Piper Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name A fluffy Highland cow calf playing the bagpipes, dressed for Christmas in a Santa hat, scarf and pipe bag of the MacKinlay Ancient tartan. The white fur band of the hat carries the...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Ancient

Christmas piper ornament in the MacKinlay Modern tartan hanging on a Christmas tree, with the customer photo used for the faceAcrylic bagpiper Christmas ornament in the MacKinlay Modern tartan with a gold hanging cord

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Christmas Piper Ornament with Custom Photo

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Christmas Piper Ornament with Custom Photo A Santa-style Highland piper playing the pipes, dressed in a kilt, plaid and hose in the MacKinlay Modern tartan. Send us a photo and our designers put the face on the piper, so the...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Modern

Christmas piper ornament in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan hanging on a Christmas tree, with the customer photo used for the faceAcrylic bagpiper Christmas ornament in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan with a gold hanging cord

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Christmas Piper Ornament with Custom Photo

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Christmas Piper Ornament with Custom Photo A Santa-style Highland piper playing the pipes, dressed in a kilt, plaid and hose in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan. Send us a photo and our designers put the face on the piper, so the...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Ancient

Personalized Christmas piper plaque in the MacKinlay Modern tartan, standing on a snowy log base with a name plaqueClose-up of the piper face made from your photo, MacKinlay Modern tartan plaid on the shoulder

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name A Christmas piper in the MacKinlay Modern tartan, playing the pipes on a snowy log base with a lantern, a little tree and a snowman. Send us a photo and our designers...
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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name

MacKinlay · Modern

Personalized Christmas piper plaque in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan, standing on a snowy log base with a name plaqueClose-up of the piper face made from your photo, MacKinlay Ancient tartan plaid on the shoulder

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name A Christmas piper in the MacKinlay Ancient tartan, playing the pipes on a snowy log base with a lantern, a little tree and a snowman. Send us a photo and our designers...
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Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Christmas Piper Plaque with Custom Photo & Name

MacKinlay · Ancient

Stained-glass style thistle Christmas tree topper with a gold bagpipe emblem and the MacKinlay Modern tartan behind the thistle

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper A stained-glass style tree topper: Scotland's thistle, framed in gold, standing in front of a round window of the MacKinlay Modern tartan. A Scottish heritage finish for the top of your Christmas tree. The centre carries...
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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper

MacKinlay · Modern

Stained-glass style thistle Christmas tree topper with a gold bagpipe emblem and the MacKinlay Ancient tartan behind the thistle

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper A stained-glass style tree topper: Scotland's thistle, framed in gold, standing in front of a round window of the MacKinlay Ancient tartan. A Scottish heritage finish for the top of your Christmas tree. The centre carries...
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Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Thistle Christmas Tree Topper

MacKinlay · Ancient

Wooden Highland cow Christmas ornament wearing a MacKinlay Modern tartan scarf, with a ribbon banner for a custom nameExample of the personalized Highland cow ornament with the name "The MacKinlay Family" on the ribbon banner

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name A shaggy Highland cow, Scotland's favourite, wrapped up for winter in a scarf of the MacKinlay Modern tartan, with a sprig of holly between its horns. The ribbon banner below carries the name...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Modern

Wooden Highland cow Christmas ornament wearing a MacKinlay Ancient tartan scarf, with a ribbon banner for a custom nameExample of the personalized Highland cow ornament with the name "The MacKinlay Family" on the ribbon banner

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Highland Cow Ornament with Custom Name A shaggy Highland cow, Scotland's favourite, wrapped up for winter in a scarf of the MacKinlay Ancient tartan, with a sprig of holly between its horns. The ribbon banner below carries the name...
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Tartan Ornament

MacKinlay · Ancient

MacKinlay Modern tartan Christmas tree skirt with a Scottish Highland scene, stag, Highland cow and thistles under a Christmas treeClose-up of the MacKinlay Modern tartan border with Celtic knots, thistles and a sleigh on the printed tree skirt

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt - MacKinlay Modern Tartan

Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt Bring your family's Scottish heritage to the foot of your tree. The border of this tree skirt carries the MacKinlay Modern tartan, framing a snowy Highland scene with a stone castle, a red stag, a Highland...
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Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt

MacKinlay · Modern Tartan

MacKinlay Ancient tartan Christmas tree skirt with a Scottish Highland scene, stag, Highland cow and thistles under a Christmas treeClose-up of the MacKinlay Ancient tartan border with Celtic knots, thistles and a sleigh on the printed tree skirt

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt - MacKinlay Ancient Tartan

Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt Bring your family's Scottish heritage to the foot of your tree. The border of this tree skirt carries the MacKinlay Ancient tartan, framing a snowy Highland scene with a stone castle, a red stag, a Highland...
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Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Highland Christmas Tree Skirt

MacKinlay · Ancient Tartan

Personalized MacKinlay Ancient Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor SN92Personalized bagpiper garden gnome caricature plaque: custom photo, custom tartan and custom text options

Personalized MacKinlay Ancient Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor

Personalized MacKinlay Ancient Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden DecorCelebrate your Scottish heritage with a one-of-a-kind Personalized Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque. Upload your favorite photo, choose your Scottish...
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Personalized MacKinlay Ancient Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor

MacKinlay · Ancient

Personalized MacKinlay Modern Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor GL38Personalized bagpiper garden gnome caricature plaque: custom photo, custom tartan and custom text options

Personalized MacKinlay Modern Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor

Personalized MacKinlay Modern Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden DecorCelebrate your Scottish heritage with a one-of-a-kind Personalized Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque. Upload your favorite photo, choose your Scottish...
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Personalized MacKinlay Modern Clan Bagpipe Garden Gnome Caricature Plaque Custom Photo, Any Clan Tartan, Wood or Acrylic, Grandpa & Dad Gift, Scottish Highland Garden Decor

MacKinlay · Modern

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Modern Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden Stand

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Modern Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden Stand

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Modern Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden StandCreate a warm, relaxing, and magical atmosphere with our Personalized LED Night Light. Designed to elevate your bedroom, living room, or workspace, this custom acrylic lamp features a smooth color-changing...
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LED Night Light

MacKinlay · Modern

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Ancient Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden Stand

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Ancient Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden Stand

Custom Bagpipe MacKinlay Ancient Tartan LED Night Light - Personalized Scottish Bagpiper Figurine with Wooden StandCreate a warm, relaxing, and magical atmosphere with our Personalized LED Night Light. Designed to elevate your bedroom, living room, or workspace, this custom acrylic lamp features a smooth color-changing...
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LED Night Light

MacKinlay · Ancient

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Modern Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree DecorationCelebrate your Scottish heritage with this unique wood & acrylic tartan ornament. Perfect as a personalized Christmas decoration or a meaningful gift for friends and relatives on special occasions such...
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Drummer Ornament

MacKinlay · Modern

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Ancient Tartan Drummer Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree DecorationCelebrate your Scottish heritage with this unique wood & acrylic tartan ornament. Perfect as a personalized Christmas decoration or a meaningful gift for friends and relatives on special occasions such...
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Drummer Ornament

MacKinlay · Ancient

MacKinlay Reproduction Tartan Bagpipe Ornament with Custom Name

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Personalized Clan MacKinlay Reproduction Tartan Bagpipe Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree DecorationCelebrate your Scottish heritage with this unique wood & acrylic tartan ornament. Perfect as a personalized Christmas decoration or a meaningful gift for friends and relatives on special occasions such...
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Bagpiper Ornament

MacKinlay · Reproduction

MacKinlay Dress Reproduction Tartan Bagpipe Ornament with Custom Name

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Dress Reproduction Tartan Bagpipe Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree Decoration

Personalized Clan MacKinlay Dress Reproduction Tartan Bagpipe Ornament with Custom Name – Scottish Christmas Tree DecorationCelebrate your Scottish heritage with this unique wood & acrylic tartan ornament. Perfect as a personalized Christmas decoration or a meaningful gift for friends and relatives on special occasions...
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Bagpiper Ornament

MacKinlay · Dress Reproduction

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The MacKinlay Story

  1. 1681

    Death of the 19th Chief of Buchanan leaves the Buchanan chiefship vacant[3]

  2. Aug 2018

    Lord Lyon recognises a Buchanan chief after a gap of 337 years[3]

Visit the MacKinlay Homeland

Map of Scotland with MacKinlay places marked

Loch Lomond area

The Council of Scottish Clans & Associations gives Clan Buchanan's lands as the Loch Lomond area.[2]

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

Clan MacKinlay Today

ChiefMacKinlay has no chief of its own. The parent Clan Buchanan's chief is John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan of that Ilk and Arnprior, recognised by the Lord Lyon in August 2018 after the chiefship had been vacant since the 19th chief's death in 1681.
Clan societyClan Buchanan Society International

Surnames linked to Clan MacKinlay

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

Listed by the clan society or COSCA

  • McKinlay

Spellings of the name

  • MacFinlay

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Questions about Clan MacKinlay

Does MacKinlay have its own clan chief?

No. It is a sept surname; the Clan Buchanan Society International counts its main line part of Clan Buchanan, whose own chief was recognised again only in 2018.

What does MacKinlay mean?

Gaelic MacFhionnlaigh, 'son of Finlay'.

Which clan is MacKinlay a sept of?

The Council of Scottish Clans & Associations lists MacKinlay among the surnames of Clan Buchanan, Clan MacFarlane and Clan Farquharson, and the Clan Buchanan Society International calls it the MacKinlay sept of Clan Buchanan.

Why did Clan Buchanan go so long without a chief?

Sir John Buchanan of that Ilk, the 19th chief, died on 6 September 1681 and was the last officially recognised chief before the present one; the Lord Lyon allowed a new petition in August 2018, after a gap of 337 years.

Sources

  1. Find a clan: MacFarlane, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  2. Find a clan: Buchanan, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  3. Chiefs, Clan Buchanan Society International
  4. MacKinlay (sept of Clan Buchanan), Clan Buchanan Society International
  5. Find a clan: Farquharson, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)