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Fir à Beàrnaraigh a chaidh a bhàthadh a' tighinn à Loch nam...

Date 1970
Track ID 60216
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1970.294.A11

Original Tape ID

SA1970.294

Summary

Men from Berneray drowned coming from Lochmaddy.

Four men from Berneray were coming from Lochmaddy on a stormy day in 1906 and their boat was lost. It came ashore in Opasaigh, with the skipper dead inside, but the bodies of the other three were never found. The contributor's father was one of them.

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