Monkstadt House in north Skye, once the seat of the island’s powerful Clan Donald, has been fully restored to its former glory. Skye builder, James MacQueen purchased the historic 18th century building and spent three years working on it. Monkstadt House became the seat of the Clan Donald in 1732 […]
Professor Dan MacInnes delivered the 1998 John MacFadyen Lecture/Recital. The following is the text of his talk. By Professor Dan MacInnes Tonight I have four points to make, and the pipers four tunes to play. We shall try our best to avoid controversy. The four points I shall make all […]
Donald ‘Duaghal’ MacKay was born in the old Tongue House in Sutherland, Scotland in 1591. His father, Uisdean was the 13th chief of the MacKays and Donald succeeded him as 14th chief on Uisdean’s death in 1614. Donald was knighted in 1616 and became 1st Lord Reay in 1628, the […]
By John Gould One evening in September, 1968, I went to bed with a slight ringing in my left ear. It was scarcely noticeable, and hardly worth mentioning except that when I laid my head on the pillow it became louder, and clearer. It had a very pure tone, somewhere […]
