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Tha am fiosraiche de shliochd Chlann MhicNèill Bharraigh.

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Date 20 February 1969
Track ID 27290
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.03.A4

Original Tape ID

SA1969.003

Summary

The contributor is descended from the MacNeils of Barra.

The contributor's family had Oronsay land latterly, which previously belonged to Sir John MacNeil. The contributor is not of MacNeil of Colonsay stock. He is descended from Iain a' Chuain, a Barra MacNeil. His boat was driven ashore on Colonsay by a storm when he was returning to Barra after a cattle raid. A pregnant woman aboard gave birth and they disembowelled a cow and put the mother and child inside the carcass to keep them warm.

Item Subject/Person

MacNeill, Angus

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good