Notes and story about Naomh Moire [Maol-ruibhe], Naomh Brian[ain] and associated archaeological sites, 1867
Scope and Contents
Notes and story about Naomh Moire [Maol Rubha], Naomh Brian[ain] [Brendan] and associated archaeological sites probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay. The notes describe Tobar Chal[uim] Chille [St Columba's Well] as a muddy spring in a small gully east of the lighthouse [Barra Head, Beàrnaraigh/Berneray] and how St Maol Rubha's day was celebrated on Berneray 'as long as any of the old friamh had rel[atives] buried in the Cladh.' St Maol Rubha had a chapel on Berneray in the graveyard which is described as 'a few feet square'. The island is noted as having one stone with a cross on it. Cladh Bhrianain [St Brendan's Graveyard] is noted as being in Borve [Borgh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] and St Brendan's feast day as 15 May. People did not work on St Brendan's Day and a story is told of a man who went to work, thinking he was out of sight of St Brendan, but was struck blind.
Dates
- Creation: 1867
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 85r, line 4 to folio 85r, line 21
- Archaeology
- Barra Head Lighthouse Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Borve Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cemeteries
- Church Buildings
- Cladh Bhrianain Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Customs
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Manual work
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Saints
- Saints days
- Stone carving
- Stone crosses
- Tales
- Tobar Chaluim Chille Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Wells
Subject
- MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 (Person)
- Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) (Person)
- Brendan, Saint (the Elder) (Person)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
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