Haclait Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Note about Eilean an Du-chonnaidh, March 1874
Note about Eilean an Du-chonnaidh, that is used to be an island and was seen by men still alive as such, that it is 'now a strand with two pyramidal remnants of moss standing over the clam shingle near Creagorry - between the point of Aird an eoin and Hacleit' [Creag Ghoraidh, Àrd-an-eoin and Haclait/Hacklet all Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula]. 'Du-chonnaidh' is described as fresh or green brush wood.
Note about lays which John MacLellan knows, c1869
Note which reads 'John MacLellan 82 a little old man at Hacleit Creag [Haclait/Hacklet and Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] has the lay of the Buileartach [Muilearteach] & the lay of the Amadan Mor fuller than I ever heard them before'.
Poem entitled 'A Mhuillearstach' and accompanying notes, 20 October 1871
Reminder to 'See the old woman at Hacleit Mairearad NicLeoid for old songs', c1872
Reminder to 'See the old woman at Hacleit [Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] Mairearad NicLeoid [Margaret MacLeod] for old songs'.
Story about Beinnvòr, 10 April 1872
Story collected from an unnamed female informant at Hacleit, Benbecula [Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla] which reads 'None but Clann ic Gille ria'aich could live at Beinnvòr [Beinn Mhòr, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] all killed till the rann was comp[osed] aft[er] that all safe. '
Story about Sithein a Bhealaich, 10 April 1872
Story collected from an unnamed female informant at Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about Sithein a Bhealaich [] a fairy hill which the informant claims she herself once saw alight one night.