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First name Roderick
Second name MacKinnon
Patronymic Ruairidh Iain Bhàin
YOB 1858
YOD 1944

Native Area

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Bruernish

Person ID 5295

Biography

1858-1944
Born and raised in Bruernish, Barra. He was a crofter and fisherman who knew a large number of songs, recorded frequently by John Lorne Campbell who describes him in his book 'Gaelic Folksongs from the Isle of Barra'. Father of Captain Donald Joseph (an Eòsag) (ID 519) and uncle of Miss Janet MacKinnon (ID 4816).