MacDonald, Ranald, c1834-1913 (sheep farmer | Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Note about a smack built by Ranald MacDonald, 8 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/20
Scope and Contents
Note about a smack built by Ranald MacDonald, [sheep farmer, Tarasaigh/Taransay], who had never built a boat before, describing it as a 'Fine decked smack...as finely finish[ed] as if by a thorough carp[enter].'
Dates:
8 July 1870
Story about Taogai MacCuinn, 8 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/16
Scope and Contents
Story about Taogai MacCuinn [MacQueen] probably collected from Ranald MacDonald, sheep farmer, Tarasaigh/Taransay, that he lived in Trotarnish, Skye [TrĂ²ndairnis/Trotternish, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] and that it is from him that all the MacQueen families in Skye and Uibhist/Uist descend. He is described as having been litigious and once put in a plea about corn which was damaged and he got off the charge by saying that the damage was done by seals rolling on the corn.
Dates:
8 July 1870
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