Born | 4, March 1340 |
Died | 12, October 1411 |
Spouse | None |
Father | Ian McKay |
Mother | Anna McKay |
Issue | None |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Profession | Writer and Poet |
Lachie Halldór McKay (4 March 1340 - 12 October 1411) was a reknowned Scottish poet and a comedic drama writer with Icelandic ancestry.
Early life[]
Lachie Halldór McKay(4 March 1340 - 12 October 1411), born in Glascow on the 4th of March 1340 to a Icelandic Mother named Anna, Nee Ellingsdóttir and a Scottish father named Ian, babtized 11, March 1340. From a young age Lachie wrote poems to bring joy to his neighbor and family and at the age of 14 he was accepted into the Royal Scottish College and studied Writing there. During his time there he was briefly engaged to Sarah MacMillan but she ran away with another man.
Works[]
In total he wrote about 60 books but only a handful stand out, these are:
- Boireannaich bheaga: About women during the Final Scottish War of Independence.
- Boireannach brèagha: About a whore that gets a rich man to marry her.
- Tha mi airson faighinn a-mach dè a th ’ann an gaol: The story of a loveless man
He was a Comedic Drama writer and the time he lived is remembered in Scotland as the “McKay Era”. There is a statue of him in front of the Royal Library. His book Boireannaich bheaga was one of the most read books in the Celtic Confederacy, along with “Mynd af Dóra Gráa”.
Personal life and death[]
Rumors of Homosexuality flew around Lachie and since he lived with his college friend Gargamel Flintstone for 13 years these rumors have some backing. He died 1411 at the age of 71 from pneumonia.
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