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MacNeil (of Barra)

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Account of a fishing trip around Mingulay with accompanying place-name notes, descriptions and stories, 23 May 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/31
Scope and Contents Account by Alexander Carmichael of a fishing trip around Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] with accompanying place-name notes, descriptions and stories. Carmichael notes geographical features such as high points, caves, rocks or arches; archaeological sites such as dùns or graveyards; places people have used for looking after livestock or catching birds and fish, noting breeding grounds or habits of some birds; and sea-faring items such as the conditions of the sea or navigation techniques. One...
Dates: 23 May 1869

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...
Dates: c1868 to 16 June 1876

Story about 'Iain Og mac Mhic ic Neil', 1867

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/61
Scope and Contents Story collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay about 'Iain Og mac Mhic ic Neil' [Iain Òg mac Mhic ic Neill] telling how when a shipwreck occurred off Vaslan [Vaslain, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] he sent people to get a doradh [dorgh or handline] to save the people who had been on board. Stones were put on the end of the lines and it was these stones which killed the people when thrown to them. The survivors told the king that Iain Òg had killed them and the king...
Dates: 1867

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Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 2
Birds 2
Cemeteries 2
Fishing 2
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Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 2
Landowners 2
Language 2
Love 2
Placenames 2
Vocabulary 2
Voyages and Travel 2
Am Blai Lin Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Am Bo Carrach Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
An Aonaig Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
Archaeology 1
Arnamul Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Beinn Chliaid Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Biography 1
Bual na Creige Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Church Buildings 1
Cladh Neart Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Coastal Landforms 1
Coire Fhiarail Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Customs 1
Death 1
Fairies 1
Fala Mhuilt Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Family 1
Family History 1
Food 1
Fortifications 1
Fugitives 1
Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Geology 1
Glaic nam Basdairean Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Gunamul Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
Laments 1
Leac Ia'un Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Leac Shleite Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Lullabies 1
Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Marriage 1
Mingulay Scotland Scotland 1
Na Gilleachan Ruadh Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Newton North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Plants 1
Poems 1
Protection 1
Punishment 1
Rescues 1
Ru Eoiridh Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Rubha Liath Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Saints 1
Sayings 1
Sea faring 1
Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
Sheep 1
Ships, Loss of 1
Sithein a' Bhealaich South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Sleat (parish) Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Sloc Chaisigeo Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Sloc Chremisgeo Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Sloc na h-Aoineig Mingulay Inverenss-shire Scotland 1
Solon Beag Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Songs 1
South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Susabeist [Mingulay] Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Tides 1
Tirunga Baoghasdail Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Tom a' Mhaide Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Warriors 1
Waulking songs 1
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