Note entitled 'Evictions', 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/321
Scope and Contents
Note entitled 'Eviction' describing the eviction of twenty-six tenants from Greinetote, North Uist [Greinetobht/Grenitote, Uibhist a Tuath] by Officer MacLean of Oirisey [Orasaigh/Orosay, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] all of whom went to Cape Breton [Canada].
Dates
- 1887
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 1 notebook ; 17.5 x 10.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 95v, line 1 to folio 95v, line 13
- Ahmore North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Canada
- Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Emigration and Immigration
- Grenitote North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Highland Clearances
- MacLean, fl1849 ('Oifigeach Oirisaidh' | supervised clearance of Grenitote | North Uist)
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
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
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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