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Diabaig Ross and Cromarty Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Note about torran an tiodhlacaidh [infants' burial ground], September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/124
Scope and Contents

Note about torran an tiodhlacaidh [infants' burial ground] where still born unbaptised children are buried. The note states that the one at Alligin Shuas is a bracken knoll in a field at Bràigh Beag and that there are several in the district including one at Diabagan and one at Shieldeag [Wester Alligin, Braebeg, Diabaig and Sìldeag/Shieldaig, all Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: September 1909

Saying from Gairloch, September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/95
Scope and Contents

Saying from Gairloch [Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] which reads 'Fhad an lagh Diabaig, 'S fhada shios Meallabhig'. [Diabaig and Melabhaig/Melvaig]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: September 1909

Story about a large fish, 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/52
Scope and Contents

Story about a large fish, which was caught at Diabaig in Torasdan [Toirbheartan/Torridon, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. It was eighteen inches long and a red tape was tied around its tail. It was caught on the East Coast the following season. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901