MacNeil (of Barra)
Family
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...
Dates:
1864 to
Place-name story for Sloc na Beiste, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/44
Scope and Contents
Place-name story for Sloc na Beiste [Sloc na Bèiste, Beàrnaraigh/Berneray] probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, telling how when Berneray was uninhabited, the crew of a boat came ashore for water but left behind a young man called MacGillecharra who had fallen asleep. Finding himself he went to Ciosamul [Kisimul Castle, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] and met MacNeil of Barra's wife who happened to be a MacLean and of the same kin. She gave him a wife and...
Dates:
1867
Song beginning 'Hu ru o na hi oro' and accompanying story, 21 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/11
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Donald MacPhee, blacksmith, Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, beginning 'Hu ru o na hi oro, Na nam faite Seathain ri fhuasgla[dh]' [Seathan Mac Rìgh Èireann] composed of fifteen lines. The story tells how the song was composed by an aunt of MacLeod of Harris to MacNeill Dhun an t-Sleibh [Dùn an t-Sleibh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra], her husband. She alleged that a priest had tried to take advantage of her in the confessional the response to which was that the priest...
Dates:
21 May 1869
Story about the building of Ciosmaol, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/46
Scope and Contents
Story about the building of Ciosmaol [Caisteal Chiosmuil/Kisimul Castle, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] naming Cul and Biann as responsible for the building after whom Baghan Chul Biain is named. The water for the castle is taken from 'Aird-ghlais in lead pipes to the centre of the rock within the castle' [possibly Rubha Glas]. The story concludes with a note saying that MacNeil of Barra was married to the Earl of Bute's daughter and once when MacNeil was away from home and her father was coming to...
Dates:
1867
Two stories about Ruary an tartair [Roderick MacNeil] and accompanying notes about Barraigh/Isle of Barra], 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/25
Scope and Contents
Two stories about Ruary an tartair [Ruairidh an Tartair or Roderick MacNeil], the first being that when he had dinner he would send a servant to the top of He-eveall [Sheabhal/Heabhal, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] with a trumpet to proclaim as such, noting that 'Biola-creag was the badge on MacNeils livery' [Bual na Creige/Biulacraig, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] and that it is the 'third if not the second highest [cliff] in Britain'. The second story tells how he went to challenge Rob Roy [MacGregor]...
Dates:
1867
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- Geography 2
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- Songs 2
- Aird Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Birds 1
- Bual na Creige Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Building 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Clans (Scotland) 1
- Coastal Landforms 1
- Customs 1
- Deception 1
- Disguise 1
- Disputes 1
- Dogs 1
- Doirlinn Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Dwellings 1
- Emblems 1
- Etymology 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fenians 1
- Fionn MacCumhail 1
- Fishing 1
- Fortifications 1
- Geology 1
- Gold 1
- Heabhal Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lag Fhliodh Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Language 1
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- Pabbay Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- Payment 1
- Plumbing 1
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- Rubha Glas Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Sanndraigh Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Sheep 1
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- Tolstadh Bho Thuath Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
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