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MacNeil, John, c1780-1875 (Iain Donn | crofter | Buaile nam Bodach | Isle of Barra)

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Story entitled 'Eachdraidh Chlann Uisne', 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW154/1
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Eachdraidh Chlann Uisne' collected from Iain MacNeill [John MacNeil], aged 83, pauper, Buailenambodach, Barraidh [Buaile nam Bodach, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] and written down by Carmichael on Liosmore [Lios Mòr] on 16 March 1867. MacNeil is noted as 'co-aois a Choirneil Ruaraidh ic Neill uacaran Bharraidh' [a contemporary of Colonel Roderick MacNeil, MacNeil of Barra]. The story tells how a seer told an old childless couple that they would have a daughter who would cause more...
Dates: 1872

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