Potato famine, MacNeils and Campbells, and clearances in Tir...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
85715
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1973.097.B
Original Tape ID
Summary
Potato famine, MacNeils and Campbells, and clearances in Tiree.
The contributor remembers being told by Neil MacNeil of Vaul that, during the potato famine, his father would save the skins of boiled potatoes, take out the eyes and sell them in the spring. The contributor relates some biographical and genealogical details about the MacNeils and also the Campbells in Barrapoll. He tells of how people were cleared from Middleton when the kelp company came to Tiree.
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Island - Tiree
Parish - Tiree
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good