The Lordship of Reay was created in 1628. The title is in the Peerage of Scotland. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ...

Lords Reay (1628)

• Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (1591-1649)
• John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay (d. 1681)
• George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (1678-1748)
• Donald Mackay, 4th Lord Reay (1761)
• George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay (c. 1735-1768)
• Hugh Mackay, 6th Lord Reay (d. 1797)
• Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay (1773-1847)
• Alexander Mackay, 8th Lord Reay (1775-1863)
• Eric Mackay, 9th Lord Reay (1813-1875)
• Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay (1806-1876)
• Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay (1839-1921)
• Eric Mackay, 12th Lord Reay (1870-1921)
• Aeneas Alexander Mackay, 13th Lord Reay (1905-1963)
• Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (b. 1937)

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Lord Reay in Caithness folklore

In the folklore of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, Lord Reay is a magician who believed he had come off best in an encounter with a witch in Smoo Cave. His prize was a gang of fairies who liked nothing better than to work. The construction of various earthworks in the parish of Reay are attributed to these fairies, working under direction from Lord Reay. Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ... Highland (a Ghaidhealtachd in Gaelic) is the name of the largest administrative region in Scotland. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search Look up magic on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. ... Smoo Cave entrance Smoo Cave is a large sea cave in Durness in the Scottish Highlands with a small river running through it and a small waterfall. ... Jump to: navigation, search by Sophie Anderson A fairy is a spirit (supernatural being) found in the legends, folklore, and mythology of many cultures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up work on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In civil engineering, earthworks are engineering works created through the moving of massive quantities of soil or unformed stone. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Reay (Ordnance Survey grid reference NC964647) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay, Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. ...

However, the fairies' appetite for work was insatiable and, eventually, their demands became intolerable. So Lord Reay put them to work building a causeway of sand across the Pentland Firth where, of course, the sea washes away the sand just as fast as the fairies can build. In modern usage, a causeway is a road elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ... The Pentland Firth, which is actually more of a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness, which is in the far north of the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...