Story about Mr Finlay [MacRae] from Vallay, 14 July 1870
Scope and Contents
Story about Mr Finlay [Rev Finlay MacRae], Vallay [Bhàlaigh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, Malacleit/Malaclete, telling how he harangued the new Free Church minister of Harris [Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] shortly after the Disruption declaring that he was the rightful minister and that 'if the people did not return to the church & disown the F[ree] C[hurch] they would fall up there & crush them like midges'. The story continues that MacRae would not allow anyone to be married who had Free Church tendencies or allow any of his 'dear brethren' to do so either and so a man 'had to go by boat all the way to Auinsui & fr[om] there by foot over the hills to Stornoway to get mar[ried]' [Abhainnsuidhe, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris, Steòrnabhagh/Eilean Leodhais/Isle of Lewis].
Dates
- Creation: 14 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 32v, line 3 to folio 32v, line 18
Subject
- MacRae, Finlay, Rev, 1792-1853 (minister | Vallay | North Uist | Inverness-shire) (Person)
- Church of Scotland (Organization)
- Free Church of Scotland (1843-:) (Organization)
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)
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