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Muinntir MhicCràin - daoine làidir.

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.79.A5; A6

Original Tape ID

SA1968.079

Summary

The MacCrains - a family of strongmen.

The MacCrain family changed their name to MacNeil. Donald MacCrain, a strong man, worked as farm servant in Crackaig. When he took a plough to the smithy, he just threw it over his shoulder. He was about seven feet tall. His brother Al, while working in Glasgow once, caused breach of the peace, and it took eleven policemen to arrest him.

Item Subject/Person

MacCràin, Dòmhnall; MacCràin, Al

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Island - Jura

Parish - Jura

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Island - Jura

Parish - Jura

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good