MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Notes and story about Naomh Moire [Maol-ruibhe], Naomh Brian[ain] and associated archaeological sites, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/74
Scope and Contents
Notes and story about Naomh Moire [Maol Rubha], Naomh Brian[ain] [Brendan] and associated archaeological sites probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay. The notes describe Tobar Chal[uim] Chille [St Columba's Well] as a muddy spring in a small gully east of the lighthouse [Barra Head, Beàrnaraigh/Berneray] and how St Maol Rubha's day was celebrated on Berneray 'as long as any of the old friamh had rel[atives] buried in the Cladh.' St Maol Rubha had a...
Dates:
1867
Song beginning 'Mara m ath[air] s mo mhath[air]' and accompanying story, 23 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/40
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Mara m ath[air] s mo mhath[air], Mara mo phiu[th]ar s mo bhr[ath]air'. The song is composed of twenty-four lines, which contain amendments in pencil. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is 'B[ook] 3 P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] June 16 1869'. The accompanying story tells how the song was composed to a girl who met a fairy who wanted to keep her in his fairy hill. The story continues with...
Dates:
23 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
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- Archaeology 1
- Barra Head Lighthouse Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Borve Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Cladh Bhrianain Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Fairies 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kidnapping 1
- Saints 1
- Saints days 1
- Songs 1
- Stone carving 1
- Stone crosses 1
- Tobar Chaluim Chille Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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