The Clan Hay Society's lecture series for the current year has now been finalised, with the confirmation of three dates following the summer break. On Saturday 7th October. former Clan Hay Archivist Alan Hay will speak on Castellated Architecture in Scotland.  Scotland was defined by architectural historian Dr W Douglas Simpson as 'the land par […]

Clan Hay members of a certain vintage will be sorry to learn of the death, aged 93, of Archie Murray, one of our greatest and best loved supporters over a period of many years. Although he was a Murray, and long serving Secretary of the Clan Murray Association, he was also the best friend of […]

At this time of year, the thoughts of Scots and those of Scots extraction inevitably turn to the Burns Supper season.  The one taking place at Aberdeen's Beach Ballroom on 3 February will have a particularly Hay flavour.  Organised by the Burgesses and Guild of the City of Aberdeen, this glittering charity event raises funds […]

The first Clan Hay Zoom lecture of the 2023 season will take place on Saturday 4 February at 6.00 pm, UK time. Our speaker is the Very Rev Dr Emsley Nimmo, Dean Emeritus of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and his talk is titled A Jig through Scotland's Ecclesiastical History. […]

The last in the Clan Hay Society's 2022 lecture series was given by Alan Hay, the society's Archivist, on the subject of smuggling in North East Scotland.  This was 'unfinished business' from the Clan Hay Gathering in Aberdeenshire in July when this talk was one of the events that time pressures caused to be cancelled, […]