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Sgeulachd mu Ghiogha

Date 05 May 1950
Track ID 49169
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0076.310

Original Tape ID

CW0076

Summary

A short account of how the Laird of Gigha met his death. At one time Gigha belonged to the MacNeils. One day the laird, his wife, and two daughters were drowned when the ship 'Orion' sank.

Item Notes

Story told in Gigha dialect.

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Campbeltown

Village/Place - Campbeltown

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Gigha and Cara

Island - Gigha

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good