Note about Eaglais na h-Aoi, 29 August 1868
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/4
Scope and Contents
Note collected from Angus MacAulay, aged 82, An Cnoc/Knock, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis about Eaglais na h-Aoi [Eaglais na h-Aoidhe] that it is the oldest church and burying place in the Isle of Lewis and is connected with St Columba. Also notes that John Wylie [built it], that he had a house in Stornoway [Steòrnabhagh] and that he was one of the people who had come from Fife [Fiobha].
Dates
- Creation: 29 August 1868
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 2v, line 6 to folio 2v, line 11
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Cemeteries
- Church Buildings
- Eaglais na h-Aoidhe Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Emigration and Immigration
- Fife Scotland
- Houses
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Stornoway Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Tales
Subject
- MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) (Person)
- Wylie, John, c1600 (Fife settler | Stornoway | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) (Person)
- Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) (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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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