Clan Hannay Society

There are many Hannay tartans out there, some radically different from others, but the generally accepted tartan today, i.e. the one that the Clan Hannay Society uses in all its material, and which is worn by visitors to the annual gathering, was officially registered with the Lord Lyon in 1984.

Hello cousins,

We are going to go ahead with launching the bare-bones new website and add to it incrementally. We felt it was better to get any information we have available right now out on the web. Thus, please be patient as we gradually move content from the old site to this one.

Hello Clan Hannay Society members!  We are attempting update our membership records.  Please help us out by downloading and completing the information update form.  You can then print it out and mail it in, or attach it to an email and send it to Jacquie Hannay, membership secretary (membership@clanhannay.com) 

The annual gathering of the Clan Hannay Society was held on Saturday May 28th with the 49th AGM and lunch in Garlieston Village Hall, followed by a visit to Sorbie Tower. In the evening there was a dinner and Ceilidh/dance at the Creebridge Hotel. Sixty five people attended the gathering, with fifteen from America, four from Australia, four from Northern Ireland, two from Canada, and UK members from Sutherland in the North to Cornwall in the South.

Clan Hannay welcomed for the first time the Sealed Knot Society's Manus O Cahans Regiment on Sat 16th and Sun 17th April 2011.  The society's members are working with the clan to raise funds for the restoration of the tower.

Stephen Hanna, our resident Sorbie Tower Guide,  would like to thank all visitors to the tower  -- members and non-members alike -- for being so generous with their donations. The amount given so far  from tours stands at around GBP1,500.00 ($3,000) over a period of two years. 

The chief was recently interviewed in an article about the Hannays in the October 2010 issue of the Scots Magazine -- Although the article itself is not online, you can purchase the October issue in news stands while still in stock or order a backissue from the publisher by contacting Trish Blair at DC Thomson publishing: subscriptions@dcthomson.co.uk.

The 47th annual Clan gathering was held on May 29th this year, with an AGM and lunch in Garlieston village hall, followed by a visit to Sorbie Tower and a dinner and ceilidh dance in the evening.

Councilmember Robert Hannah built the following model and gave it to the Clan Hannay Society to be kept at the tower site for instructional purposes.