MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875
Person
Found in 4 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 notes and story about Uamh na h-aonaig and Uamh-Ghàrsa, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/43
Scope and Contents
Place-name notes and story probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay about Uamh na h-aonaig and Uamh-Ghàrsa [Uamh na h-Aoneig and possibly Uamh Guarsaigh]. Uamh na h-Aonaig is 'said to come down half way to the bay', while Uamh Gharsa [on] Sanndray [Sanndraigh/Sandray] is said to go in on the west end of the strand and come out opposite Pabay [Pabaigh]. The story tells how a dog once went in one end and came out of the other 'devoid of hair. The foul air...
Dates:
1867
Song about Uamh-an-Oir, accompanying story and notes, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/42
Scope and Contents
Song about Uamh-an-Oir probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Na minn bheaga na minn bheaga/theaga, Dol eir creagan dol sna creag' composed of thirteen lines. Uamh-an-Oir is described as starting at Cliata cliff and going under Barra to Gearragaal east of Orasay [Uamh an Òir, Cliaid, Orasaigh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The story tells how five men went into the cave with dogs but only the dogs returned and they were hairless. 'The smith of...
Dates:
1867
Story about bird hunting, 23 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/32
Scope and Contents
Story collected from Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil], Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, telling how he stood on a ledge and got '8 score & 14 [birds] [larg[e] & Din] & 300 eggs. 20 score & 12 score he stearadh one day.' He adds that the dog would help him by jumping up when the birds flew. 'He lost 18 dogs with the rocks.' The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
23 May 1869
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- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 3
- Placenames 3
- Birds 2
- Caves 2
- Hair 2
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Language 2
- Loss (of people or things) 2
- Men 2
- Sanndraigh Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Songs 2
- Aird Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cliaid Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Dwellings 1
- Eggs 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fenians 1
- Fionn MacCumhail 1
- Fortifications 1
- Gearragaal Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geography 1
- Geology 1
- Hunting 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kisimul Castle Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Marriage 1
- Odours 1
- Orasaigh Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Pabbay Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Praise 1
- Proverbs 1
- Rescues 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stones 1
- Tolstadh Bho Thuath Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Uamh Ghuarsaigh Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uamh na h-Aoineig Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
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