MacNeil, John, -1746
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Story about Bliana nan Sasunach, 23 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/33
Scope and Contents
Story collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay about Bliana nan Sasunach [Bliadhna nan Sasannach the year of the Englishmen] telling how Iain mac Fh[earchair] ic M[hurchaidh], was hanged without trial by Captain Scott and his men, about 600 of whom were on Beàrnaraigh/Berneray and Mingulay for a week. He was Roderick's uncle, being her son before she was married. The story tells how the soldiers took everything and how the islanders fled in fear of them. Two men went into the...
Dates:
23 May 1869
Story about Captain Scott on Isle of Barra and Mingulay, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/72
Scope and Contents
Story about Captain [Caroline] Scott probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay. Described as 'notorious', the story states how Scott and his soldiers who carried themselves 'most ferociously' hanged a big, strong man named Iain mac Fhearchair ic Mhurachaidh ic Neill with out a trial or a judge. The story tells how the soldiers 'amused them[selves] by flaying the cattle of the people alive and allowing them to run mad about the island.' One man wisely...
Dates:
1867
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- Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Geography 2
- Susabeist [Mingulay] Inverness-shire Scotland 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
- Appin Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Arnamul Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Bual na Creige Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cladh Neart Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Coastal Landforms 1
- Coire Fhiarail Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Culloden, Battle of | Scotland | 1746 1
- Death 1
- Drowning 1
- Dwellings 1
- Fala Mhuilt Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Fishing 1
- Fortifications 1
- Geology 1
- Glaic nam Basdairean Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gunamul Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Islands 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Landowners 1
- Language 1
- Leac Ia'un Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Leac Shleite Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Mingulay Scotland Scotland 1
- Na Gilleachan Ruadh Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Pabaigh Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Peat 1
- Persecution 1
- Placenames 1
- Punishment 1
- Ru Eoiridh Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Rubha Liath Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Sea faring 1
- Sheep 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
- Soldiers 1
- Solon Beag Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Theft 1
- Tides 1
- Tillage 1
- Tom a' Mhaide Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Voyages and Travel 1 + ∧ less
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