OBITUARY: David Mackay, Skerray Published: 07:00, 09 February 2021 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper His numerous friends and neighbours on the North Coast and far beyond were shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of David Mackay at his home in Skerray on January 6. Eskie, as he was universally known, was born at 1 Rosal Place, Bettyhill, on January 11, 1964; the fourth of Mabel and the late Teedie Mackayâs six sons. David Mackay pictured on a holiday in Malta. This lively entourage moved to Mabelâs family croft in Torrisdale, Skerray, when Eskie was a toddler and, though they initially had neither electricity nor piped water and times were hard, it was a happy home with Teedieâs wages as a labourer supplemented by the resources of the surrounding environment including the occasional salmon.