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Bàta an 'Clydesdale' a chaidh às an rathad an Colbhasa ann a...

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Date 1953
Track ID 5817
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.123.2

Original Tape ID

SA1953.123

Summary

Shipwreck off Colonsay in 1848, where local fishermen saved many of the crew.

In 1848 the 'Clydesdale' left Charlestown in America for Glasgow, but during a storm the ship was driven on to the rocks at Colonsay. The Colonsay fishing boats saved all the men who had managed to get on to the rocks, but some had been drowned and were buried in the local graveyard.

Item Notes

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Colonsay and Oronsay

Island - Colonsay

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Colonsay and Oronsay

Island - Colonsay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good