Story about Lews men being chased off Tarasaigh/Taransay, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/65
Scope and Contents
Story collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay telling how a boatful of men from Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis came ashore at Ru chinige [Rubha Hinnigeodha] on the west of Taransay and travelled across the island. 'The natives took a caber off tai[gh] sheac cial & met the Lews men & drove them to Sgeir Bhualta' [Sgeir a' Bhuallt], they only allowed two men to escape and they did so by swimming to Sgeir Cè and Sgeir Eowin [Sgeir Eoin] 'One of these had an arrow in his buttock and an[other] in his bonndu[bh] ...so great their terror that they halted not' and they only attempted to remove each others arrows when they 'rea[ched] Siamain am[on]g the mount[ain]s'.
Dates
- 10 July 1870
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 19.5 x 23 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 16v, line 1 to folio 16v, line 14
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Rubha Hinnigeodha Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Sailors
- Sgeir Eoin Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Sgeir a' Bhuallt Harris (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Siamain [Isle of Harris] Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
- Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Violence
- Voyages and Travel
- War
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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk