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Mollacag Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

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Story about Vikings shipwrecked on Mollacag, 23 May 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/36
Scope and Contents

Story collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay which tells how a Long Lochlannach [Viking ship] was broken on a rock called Mollacag at Airghrian [possibly Àird Ghrèin] about '120 or 60 years ago' [c1750 or c1810 or c1710, if 160 years ago is meant]. The gullies filled up with the bodies. The females were drowned, their gold taken away and they were refused permission 'to build in the sea'. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 23 May 1869