MacKay Modern (N) | 13 - 16 oz. Wool

Mill: HOE
Weight: 16 oz.
Clan Motto: Manu forti ("By a Strong Hand")
Known Septs Include: ALLAN, BAIN, BAYNE, KAY, KEY, MACALLAN, MACBAIN, MACCAA, MACCAW, MACCAY, MACCOY, MACGAA, MACGAW, MACGEE, MACGHEE, MACGHIE, MACKEE, MACKIE, MACPHAIL, MACQUE, MACQUEY, MACQUOID, MACVAIL, MACVAIN, MACVANE, MCALLAN, MCBAIN, MCCAA, MCCAW, MCCAY, MCCOY, MCGAA, MCGAW, MCGEE, MCGHEE, MCGHIE, MCKEE, MCKIE, MCPHAIL, MCQUE, MCQUEY, MCQUOID, MCVAIL, MCVAIN, MCVANE, MORGAN, NEILSON, NELSON, PAUL, POISON, POLESON, REAY, SCOBIE, WILLIAMSON
Notes:
Wilson's on Bannockburn (1819) record the same sett with blue changed to purple. Logan calls the colour "corbeau" which is in fact a dark shade of green. The pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief of The Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the Green Mackay.