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Mackay was born in Ardgary, Sutherland. Little is known of his life, the circumstances of his coming to Lewis or his musical background. His house in Stornoway, 'Willowglen', was also known as 'Piper's Cottage'. His son-in-law, John Morrison, a gamekeeper at Gress and farmer at Goathill and Galson, shared his father-in-law's musical skills. He was a founder member of the Lewis Pipe Band in 1904 and the subject of a well-known pipe tune 'John Morrison of Assynt House'.
Museum nan Eilean
Stornoway
Title
Thomas Mackay, Piper to Sir James Matheson
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 82 x W 64 cm
Accession number
LMT 487
Acquisition method
on loan from the Lewis Museum Trust
Work type
Painting
