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Clan Mackie was a prominent Galwegien family in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The Mackies of Larg were the principal family of the clan. At the beginning of the 17th century, Sir Patrick Mackie of Larg was one of the original fifty Scottish undertakers of the plantation of Ulster.
Larg Hill' may derive from Irish: learg (slopes of a hill). [16] [17] An area of land was historically given to the Mackie of Larg by Robert the Bruce; known still as Cumloden, just north of Minnigaff and 5 miles from Larg Hill itself. [18] 'Lamachan Hill', historically 'Lommachan', [17] may derive from Irish: loma (bare). [19]
Clan Mackay (/ m ə ˈ k aɪ / mə-KY; Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mhic Aoidh [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçˈkʲɤj]) is an ancient and once-powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray.
J. L. Mackie, Australian-born philosopher, best known for his views on meta-ethics; Clan Mackie, a Scottish clan; Mackie Osborne, an artist responsible for the design and illustrations of many music albums since the 1980s; Malcolm Mackie Hobson (born 1966), South African former cricketer; Matthew Mackie Samoskevich (born 2002), American ice ...
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The Mackie Mayor is the only remaining fully intact building from the former Smithfield market. Opened in 1858, it was initially used as a market, but had lain empty since the early 1990s. Other parts of the market have since been converted into other uses such as the fish market. [2] [3]
Born in Edinburgh, Mackie was educated at Middlesbrough High School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in history and won the Lothian Essay Prize. He was appointed as a lecturer in history at the University of St Andrews in 1909, aged 22. While at the university he introduced the subject of Scottish history into the ...