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and Iye Mackay along with his son Donald. Mackay was about to succeed in his claim and the
Sutherlands became so irritated that Nicholas Sutherland rose in the night and murdered both Iye Mackay and his son Donald. Sir Robert Gordon’s version of events agrees with this account, but he adds that the
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when in favourable circumstances. Thus just when Mackay was in sight of receiving a favourable judgement, he and his son were killed by
Nicolas Sutherland in the dead of night at Dingwall Castle.
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