Miss Ina Macdonald is appointed to Hamnaway
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009[singlepic=1042,724] Miss Ina Macdonald, Ardbheag, is of course now our Mrs Ina Macdonald, Islivig. More on the side schools here.
[singlepic=1042,724] Miss Ina Macdonald, Ardbheag, is of course now our Mrs Ina Macdonald, Islivig. More on the side schools here.
The French Boy at Tealasbhaigh
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009[singlepic=907,291] From DDC Pochin Mould's West over Sea, another telling of the familiar story of the ship's boy who was murdered for the Lewis Chessmen by an Uig gillie. The story as told by Rev Col AJ Mackenzie, brother of Roderick Mackenzie, the keeper mentioned below, is also given by Dolly ...
Roadless Communities
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Another bit from DDC Pochin Mould's West Over Sea, published in 1953; at the time even quite substantial and central townships like Geshader were just getting their proper roads. Crossing the moor between Loch Raonasgail and the yellow road by the sea at Uig, I had plenty of opportunity to consider ...
Side Schools in Uig III: Hamnaway, Luachair and Crola
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Part III of a series on the small, remote schools in Uig, set up to cater often for single families with three or more children. From research by Maggie Smith for Hebridean Connections and the Stornoway Gazette. See also Part I and Part II. In the 1950s the daughters of ...
The Lewis Colony in Duluth, Minnesota
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008A large number of Lewismen settled in Duluth, Minnesota in the 1870s and 1880s, many becoming prominent citizens in the town. The first was William L Maclennan (1834-1888), son of Donald Maclennan. This family seems to have originated in Kintail or Lochalsh; in 1841 Donald was a shepherd in Bunavoneadar, ...
The Sporting Estates of the Outer Hebrides, Past and Present
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008by David SD Jones, February 2008. An illustrated history of the sporting estates, including Morsgail, Scaliscro, Grimersta, Uig & Hamnaway, Garynahine, Eishken, Barvas, Galson and others. Information from estate records and game books, detail of tenants and development programmes, and many photographs previously unknown to the Comann Eachdraidh, coming as they ...
Petition for the Arrest of Mac an t-Sronaich, 1834
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Mac an t-Sronaich was a notorious and shadowy murderer and robber of Lewis legend who was active in Uig in the early 19th century. He lived in a cave behind Keose in Lochs that is still known as Uamh Mac an t-Sronaich and he was reputedly the first cousin of Lilly Macaulay Linshader, the ...
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