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Na Dòmhnallaich an Eige.

Date 15 December 1949
Track ID 21415
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0022.98

Original Tape ID

CW0022

Summary

The MacDonalds of Eigg.

According to oral tradition, the first MacDonald on the island was Ronald, the son of the bard Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. His son Angus was a bailiff of Clanranald and it was he who cleared the entire population at one time.

Recording Location

County - Dunbartonshire

Parish - Old Kilpatrick

Village/Place - Clydebank

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Eigg

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good