Four of our St. Andrews members and their spouses received
recognition on Saturday, January 9 at the South Florida Scottish
Association's HIGHLAND GAMES at Ft. Lauderdale!
With membership in
their affiliate MACKAY Clan, St. Andrews Society members Ian and
Loretta McKay (Ontario), Dick and Florine McKay (Illinois), James
and Lynda Goldie (Florida) and Don
and Pat McGee (Ohio) were among those honored as the Clan of the
Year because of their membership in the CLAN MACKAY Society. Don McGee is the SE Regional Vice President of Clan MacKay,
USA.
Throughout its 37 year history, CLAN MACKAY Society, USA has had a
clan tent for hospitality and visibility. MACKAY is the oldest and
first formally constituted clan recognized in 1806 in Glasgow,
Scotland by the Scottish clan authority preceding the Lord Lyon's
office.
Rain and more rain, strong breezes on January 9th were certainly
reminiscent of Scotland BUT UNWELCOME by all of our Southern
Floridians. Temperatures hovered in the lower 40's F. One of the
CLAN MACKAY members was heard saying," WE ARE THE FROZEN CHOSEN!!"
Dick, Ian and Don responded with the Mackay motto: MANU FORTI!!
Unfortunately, the weather was so bad no photos were taken by our
attending members. So we substituted the photo at right of Don and
Pat McGee taken at the
Stone Mountain, GA, games in 2009.
About Clan MacKay
"The name MacKay takes its origins from the Gaelic "Macaoidh" or
"son of Hugh". The identity of this Hugh is uncertain but the name
probably derives from a member of the ancient Celtic royal house,
whose branches disputed the throne in the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries."
"By the fourteenth century, the clan MacKay was well established in
the most northerly and remote area of Scotland - their land
extending from Cape Wrath along the north coast to Caithness."
"The warlike reputation of the clan is echoed in the family motto,
"with a strong hand"."
Source for the above quotes is
http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_mackay/history.html.
According to Wikipedia, the septs of Clan MacKay include, "Allan,
Allanson, Bain, Bayne, Kay, Key, Keyes, MacAllan, MacBain, MacCaa,
MacCaw, MacCay, MacGaa, MacGaw, MacGee, MacGhee, MacGhie, MacKay,
MacKee, McKee, Mackie, MacPhail, MacQue, MacQuey, MacQuoid, MacVail,
MacVain, MacVane, Morgan, Neilson, Nelson, Paul, Pole, Poleson,
Pollard, Polson, Reay, Scobie, Williamson."
The Clan MacKay USA Web site is
http://www.clanmackayusa.org/.
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