MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland)

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Note about the MacAulays of Lewis, 29 August 1868

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/7

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Note collected from Angus MacAulay, aged 82, An Cnoc/Knock, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis which states that the MacLeods of Lewis had the island first and that they were always feuding and raiding with the Morrisons.

Dates: 29 August 1868

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Notes and stories on Clan MacLeod, 29 August 1868

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/3

Scope and Contents Notes and stories on Clan MacLeod of Lewis ['Clann 'ic Leòid 'ic Thorcuil'] collected from Aonas Mac Aulay [Angus MacAulay], aged 82, Croc na h-Aoi, [An Cnoc/Knock, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. MacAulay describes how 16 or 18 members of the clan are buried 'under the stone at Aoi' [Eaglais na h-Aoidhe] having been killed by Iain Garbh in Iain Wylie's house in Stornoway [Steòrnabhagh]. The last of this clan was said to be a small crofter called Calum MacLeoid mac Thor[cuil] ic Leoid whose...