The Clan Mackay Web Site

This Clan Mackay Web Site was re-designed by David Hart. The current web-master is David Hart. The web-site is managed by the Clan Mackay Council's Web-Site Committee.

The Bratach Bhan

The Bratach Bhan is the Clan Mackay Society's Annual Newsletter, published in the summer of each year and posted out to all members. It is illustrated in colour and includes a number of interesting articles. Recent issues can be downloaded from this site. Click on the appropriate menu item on the left. Contributions from members are always welcome and should be sent to the Editor, D. Colin Mackay at 36 Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4JL.

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Sandy Mackay (Durban) Honorary Standard Bearer at the home of his daughter in New Zealand on Monday 3rd March 2008.

The Clan Mackay Room

The Clan Mackay Room is situated in the Strathnaver Museum at Farr Old Church near Bettyhill. Plans are afoot to substantially upgrade the Clan Mackay Room over the next few years. We are in regular touch with the Trustees of the Museum and follow with interest the up-grading plans. Rachel Skene the professional worker at the Strathnaver Museum had been working part time in this role since April 2004, but has now moved on to different responsibilities. Brought up in Tongue, where her parents own what was formerly the "Burrs" Shop. Rachel is trained in design and fabric and weaves silk cloths for a select number of outlets. "Skene by name and skene by trade" We caught up with Rachel working with a group of local schoolchildren in the museum in the summer of 2005. They were producing the Strathnaver Times ! See the Image Pages on this web-site.

The Museum Web Site owes much to the work of our good friends Elliott and Pat Rudie and Jim Johnstone, the Head Teacher of Farr High School, and the web-master Steve Warner.

The Museum address and telephone number are:
CLACHAN, BETTYHILL, THURSO, KW14 7SS.
Tel: 01641 521418
Email: museum@strathnaver.org

Donations

Donations are always welcome to the Clan Mackay Room Fund, or to the Clan's Benevolent and Educational Funds and should be made to the Secretary, Ian Mackay or the Treasurer, John S. Mackay.

A recent donation from Sandy Mackay in Australia was gratefully accepted by the Society's Council and handed on to support Gaelic, Celtic and Scottish Studies in Tongue Primary School, Farr High School and Bonar Bridge Primary School.