St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Story about Alexander Mac Iain ic Leoid and his wife being stranded on Rona, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/64
Scope and Contents
Story telling how Alexander Mac Iain 'ic Leòid [MacLeod] from An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye but living at Aoi [Uidh, Tarasaigh/Taransay], was tacksman of St Kilda [Hiorta] and set out to collect his 'rent grain' from St Kilda with his wife Barbara ni Dho[nmhuil] ic Iain oig [née Campbell] and a boatful of skin sacks. The weather turned bad so that they had to throw most of the sacks out and eventually they found themselves stranded on 'Ronai an t-saimh N[orth] W[est] of the Butt' [North...
Dates:
10 July 1870