Donald McKay

(Western District and Diocese of Argyll and the Isles) Born in South Uist, 19th/22nd April 1842, the son of John McKay and Catherine McLellan; left for Scotland, 26th July 1870, and ordained a priest by Archbishop Eyre in St. Andrew’s, Glasgow, 13th August 1870; at Drimnin, Argyllshire, until 1887; “apostatised, took unto himself a woman” (original register).

Date	Age	Description
19/22 Apr. 1842		Born South Uist
1860-1865	18	Blairs
27 Sep. 1865	23	Arrived in the College
26 Jul. 1870	28	Left for Scotland
13 Aug. 1870	28	ordained a priest by Archbishop Eyre in St. Andrew’s, Glasgow
1870-1875	28	Ardkenneth, South Uist
1875-1878	33	Larkhall
1878-1882	36	Arisaig
1882-1884	40	Stirling
1885	43	Disappears from clergy lists

Report of the ordination of Donald McKay in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1871.

The Rev. Donald Mackay was born on the island of South Uist, on the 22d April 1842, and entered Blairs College in July 1860. Having there finished his classes, he was sent in September 1865 to the Scots College of Valladolid. On completing his course there he returned to Scotland, and was ordained priest on the 13th August 1870 by the Most Rev. Archbishop Eyre, in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, and appointed assistant at Ardkenneth, South Uist.