Search

Eathraichean ann am Beàrnaraigh.

Contributors
Date 16 September 1981
Track ID 75720
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1981.72

Original Tape ID

SA1981.072

Summary

Boats in Berneray.

The contributor talks about the types of boats in use in Berneray when he was young and the boatbuilders who built them. He names parts of the boats and tells how they were rigged and who they belonged to. He also describes ferrying fillies to Harris in an open boat, and how one which leapt overboard was saved.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Island - Berneray

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Island - Berneray

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good