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Sloinnidhean Diùrach.

Date 27 April 1968
Track ID 28333
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.81.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1968.081

Summary

Jura surnames.

Buie is an old Jura name; there are not many left now [1968]. There were some in Colonsay also. Darroch is a sept of the MacDonalds. They had to change their name after the '45. They called themselves after an old man's oak walking stick. They were said to have come from Ireland originally.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Jura

Island - Jura

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Jura

Island - Jura

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good