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Information about the contributor's family and about MacKill...

Fieldworkers
Date 26 February 1977
Track ID 68164
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1977.39.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1977.039

Summary

Information about the contributor's family and about MacKillops and others in Berneray.

The contributor talks about the MacKillops in Berneray, including Dòmhnall Ailig 'Splash', who is married to a woman from Wagga Wagga. They married after she took a job as a nurse on the island. Splash was nicknamed Baldwin as a child. The contributor belongs to another branch of MacKillops, originally from North Uist. They can't sing. His brother, Neil, still lives in Berneray [in 1977]. Information about other Berneray folk and family members. His parents were Peggy Munro and John MacKillop. Peggy died at the age of 53; John died aged 72. His grandfathers both lived well into their 90s.

Item Subject/Person

MacKillop family

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Island - Berneray

Language

English

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good