Calendar
The following are events arranged by the Clan Hay Society or where the Society is participating and welcoming its members. Please contact the Commissioner or the relevant branch convenor (see ‘Branches’ page) for details of the society’s participation.
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| 19 February 2022 | Lecture: We were aye Jacobites, by Burgess Hay. Burgess descends directly from William Hay, farmer in Badenyon in the parish of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, who fought in Gordon of Glenbuchat’s regiment throughout the 1745 rising and at the Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746. | Via Zoom | |
| 19 March 2022 | Lecture: Professor Gillian Black, Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh and Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary at the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, on The Significance of Status and Genetics in the Succession to titles and coats of arms: is there a case for law reform? 7.00 pm UK time | Via Zoom | |
| 5 April 2022 | Tartans Days – jointly with other clans, Continental Europe branch | Golf Anderlecht, Belgium |
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| 16 April 2022 | Annual Service of Commemoration for the fallen of the Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746. Clan Hay will lay a wreath at the cairn. Gather in the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre at 10.00 am | Culloden, by Inverness |
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| 23 April 2022 | Lecture: The Hay Tartans, by Lt. Col. Peter MacDonald, the leading historian of tartan and Highland costume. 7.00 pm UK time | Via Zoom | |
| 23 April 2022 | Scottish Ladies Night – jointly with other clans, Continental Europe branch | Club Royale des Officiers des Guides< Brussels, Belgium |
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| 21 May 2022 | Lecture: The Hays’ Heraldry: What’s the difference? by John Malden, Slains Pursuivant to the Earl of Erroll, Chief of Clan Hay, and formerly Unicorn Pursuivant at the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms. 7.00 pm UK time | Via Zoom | |
| 5 June 2022 | Clans Days – Barbecue – jointly with other clans, Continental Europe branch – 12.00 midday, follows tour of caves and basement of the Citadelle Namur at 10.00 am |
Ile d’Yvoir, Yvoir Belgium |
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| 17-19 July 2022 | Fetes Franco d’Eccossaises | Aubigny sur Nere France |
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| 26-31 July 2022 | Continental Europe clans visit to Dunoon, including Dunoon Highland Games | Dunoon, Argyll |
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| 5-8 August 2022 | Clan Hay Gathering, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire: castle tours, boat tours of the coast, cliff top walks, exhibition, ceilidh, concert and lectures on Jacobites, Smuggling and the History of the Hays of Erroll | Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire |
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| 5 August 2022 | Exhibition opens 10.00 am until 6.00 pm Minibus tours of the Castles of the Coast, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm Minibus tours of the Jacobite Coast, 11.00 am and 3.00 pm Boat tours of the Smugglers’ Coast, 8.00 am and 1.00 pm Guided walk, Sands of Forvie nature reserve, 12.00 midday Lecture: Slains and the Hays of Erroll, 6.00 pm Welcome ceilidh and stovie supper, 8.00 pm |
Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire |
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| 6 August 2022 | Aboyne Highland Games
Exhibition opens 10.00 am until 6.00 pm |
Aboyne and Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire |
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| 7 August 2022 | Private visit to Turriff and District Heritage Museum (tbc with trustees), 10.00 am Clan Hay Lunch: Lunch including archery and falconry demonstrations, 12.00 midday, at the Clan Hay Centre, Delgatie Castle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire |
Turriff and Delgatie Castle Aberdeenshire |
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| 7 August 2022 | Guided tours of the old and new Castles of Slains, 3.00 pm Guided clifftop walk, Cruden Bay to Boddam, 4.00 pm Exhibition opens 10.00 am – 6.00 pm Minibus tours of the Castles of the Coast, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm Minibus tours of the Jacobite Coast, 11.00 am and 3.00 pm Boat tours of the Smugglers’ Coast, 8.00 am and 1.00 pm Lecture: The Smugglers’ Coast, 7.00 pm |
Slains and Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire |
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| 8 August 2022 | Exhibition opens 10.00 am – 2.00 pm Minibus tour of the Castles of the Coast, 9.00 am Minibus tour of the Jacobite Coast, 11.00 am Boat tour of the Smugglers’ Coast, 9.00 am Guided walk, Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve, 12.00 midday Farewell concert, featuring Scottish music, song, story and poetry, 3.00 pm |
Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire |
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| 27 August 2022 | Lonach Gathering – Clan Hay hospitality tent on the games field | Strathdon, Aberdeenshire |
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| 27 August 2022 | Homage to a Brave – commemoration of the fallen of the world wars | Waterloo, Belgium |
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| 3 September 2022 | Royal Braemar Gathering – Clan Hay hospitality and information for members, potential members and supporters in the Overseas Tent. Attended by HM The Queen and members of the Royal Family. |
Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, Braemar, Aberdeenshire |
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| 9-11 September 2022 | Celtic Days Festival, Thy le Chateau, Belgium
Schots Dagen Weekend, Aiden Biesen, Belgium – continental Europe branch |
Thy le Chateau Belgium |
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| 1 October 2022 | Homage to a Clansman, Menin Gate, Ypres | Ypres, Belgium | |
| 29 October 2022 | Ball of the Clans – jointly with other clans – Continental Europe branch Ceilidh dancing evening |
Eigenbrakel Belgium |
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| 12 November 2022 | Clans Family Night, jointly with other clans – Continental Europe branch | Eghezee Belgium |
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| 26 November 2022 | St Andrew’s Day with the Clan Hay Pipe Band – Continental Europe branch | Antwerp Belgium |
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