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MAC KIN LAY.
N the Dean of Lisraore's Book, a collection belonging to the early part of tne sixteenth
ascribed to Gillecallum Mac an Ollaimh. In the
( century, there are two poems
Dean's MS. the name appears in these forms Gilcallum m'ynnollaig, gillicalluni
in "yn olle; and the translator has rendered the name in modern Gaelic as Gillecallum
Mac an Ollaimh, and stated that the name signifies Malcolm, the son of the
chief bard or physician. It is stated in a footnote that the name is found still in the
form of Mclnally.
MacKinlay is more commonly regarded as being derived from the name Finlay,
the Gaelic form of which is Fionnladh. The form MacFhionnlaidh is pronounced as
nearly as English spelling can show it, Mac-ionnlay.
Buchanan of Auchmar, who wrote his book upon Scottish surnames before 1728,
gave under the heading of Drumnakill, a cadet of Buchanan, the name of McKinlay
as descended from Fionnladh MacArtair of that family.
Arms, crest, and motto : gu, a stag trippant ar ; crest, an armed arm holding a branch of olive,
all ppr. ; motto, "Not too much."
There is also a family of the name of MaoKindlay who have arms, crest, and motto of their own.