One of the popular schemes of the Congested Districts Board (1898-1912) was the provision of bulls, rams and stallions, on loan, to crofting parishes where the stock was in need of improvement. Uig did particularly well on the bulls, it seems.
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The late 1840s were years of desperation in Lewis (as elsewhere), with much of the population near to starvation and dependent on ‘destitution meal’ from the Proprietor. The solution that presented itself was assisted and effectively compulsory emigration; here are the numbers fixed on for emigration from Uig in 1851.
Read more →To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser. The late 1840s were years of desperation in Lewis (as elsewhere), with much of the population near to starvation and dependent on ‘destitution meal’ from the Proprietor, Sir James Matheson, who according to the Poor Law Act of 1845 was obliged [...]
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Read more →A list of tenants and their rents and arrears in 1824, from the Seaforth Muniments (estate papers). Tenant Rent Arrears Murdoch Maciver £ 5.17.6 £ 23.6.7 Murdoch Maciver £ 5.9.6 £ 7.8.10 Malcolm Morrison £ 5.10.0 £ 16.19.1 Malcolm Morrison £ 5.9.6 £ 18.6.4½ Murdoch Smith £ 6.5.6 £ 19.19.1 Malcolm Macdonald £ 5.2.6 £ [...]
Read more →From Estate papers, tenants of Kneep (including Uigen and the manse) in 1867. No. Tenant Rent 1 Donald Maclennan (Kenneth) £ 3.6.0 2 Donald Macdonald £ 3.6.0 3 Angus Maciver £ 3.6.0 4 Norman Macdonald (John) £ 4.4.6 5 Donald Matheson £ 4.4.6 6 Widow Chris. Buchanan £ 6.6.0 7 Kenneth Smith (Murdo) £ 3.2.0 [...]
Read more →[singlepic id=1325 w=610] Back: 1. Sandy Morrison Balallan? 2. 3. 4. Molly Morrison from Bragad, teacher at Valtos School, married to Sandy Morrison Balallan 5. Molly’s sister? 6. Norman Buchanan 8 Valtos 7. Peggy Buchanan (ms Newall) 6 Kneep 8. Shonnie Buchanan 8 Valtos? 9. Middle: 10. Donald Murdo Buchanan 8 Valtos 11. 12. Isobel [...]
Read more →Chaidh an amhran seo a dhèanamh an deidh a Chogaidh mhòir an uair a thoisich iad a’briseadh sios nam bàiltean ùra. Bha Domhnall Donn, mar a bha a’ chuid mhòr an Uig, airson Lever agus a’ smaoineachadh gu robh e dèanamh ceart agus a’ toirt obair dhan an eilean.
Read more →Tha Peigi Oighrig NicÌomhair (anns a mheadhan) air iomadh òrain a sgrìobhadh thar na bliadhnaichean. Rugadh Peigi air a’ Chnìp, Sgìre Uig ann an 1926 agus gu dearbha fhèin bha teanga nam bàrd a’ ruith troimh ‘n teaghlach aice. Bha grand uncle dhith ‘Dòmhnall Donn’ na bhàrd baile air a’ Chnìp na latha, agus sgìobh Aonghas Coinneach, bràthair Pheigi fhein, mòran òrain agus rannan.
Read more →[singlepic=1121,797] Our wedding collection is growing slowly but surely, and new in today are 1960s wedding telegrams and some lovely photos. Most will be on display in the tearoom within a week or two but meanwhile… Mrs and Mrs Kenny Maclennan, 15 Kneep (Coinneach a’ Loin and Agnes Smith, Lochcroistean – above) were married 22 [...]
Read more →[singlepic=1119,827] From the Stornoway Gazette supplement, 18 December 1959. Wedding bells have been ringing in Mangersta for the past year. Cupid started at one end of the village leaving a spate of marriages in his trail. The most recent of these was solemnised in the East Church, Inverness, on the 10th November when Mary Morrison, [...]
Read more →[singlepic=637,,386] Many thanks to Donald J Macleod of Enaclete and Bridge of Don for his research into the fishing boats of Uig. He adds that these boats used lines and not trawls to catch white fish. It was the end of March and beginning of April that was known as the ‘Hungry month’ in Gaelic [...]
Read more →[singlepic=1074,429] From Dave Roberts, first published in Uig News. Thanks to Andrew McVean for the photo of Carol Knott excavating at Kneep Headland. In the middle of January fragments of human bones began to appear in large numbers on the surface of the sand at Kneep headland. The location was very close to the three [...]
Read more →We do fairly harp on the heroic stories of Dòmhnall Càm, the local chieftain, warrior and cattle-plunderer, particularly ruthless in wars against the Morrisons of Ness, but there are some deeply unpleasant traditions about him too. The following is from Capt FWL Thomas’s Traditions of the Macaulays (1880). Donald Cam and the Gow Ban [the [...]
Read more →The village of Kneep is situated on the Valtos Peninsula in Uig, between Valtos and Reef. Crofts 1 to 15 are next to Valtos, and much fragmented (see here). The fifteen crofts comprised in the 1950s over 180 arable plots. Crofts 16 to 18 and the Manse are located across the peninsula at what is [...]
Read more →The pressmen get their snaps – Lewisfolk provide a little colour Stornoway Gazette, 21 Jan 1944 American press photographers visited the vicinity of St Pauls on Hogmanay to pick up a few colourful pictures of New Year celebrations in London. A group of Lewisfolk gave them their best ‘shots’ of the evening when Pipers Findlater [...]
Read more →[singlepic=969,382] Translated from an interview with An Geal, John Maclennan, born 1896 at 15 Kneep and married at 4 Aird, Uig. The Admiralty ship the Iolaire taking servicemen home to Lewis grounded on the Beasts of Holm outside Stornoway, on the 1st of January 1919. More than two hundred men perished. Translated by Maggie Smith. [...]
Read more →[singlepic=937,424] Dòmhnall Donn (Donald Maciver, b 1862) and his wife Hannah Maclean (b 1874) in Kneep. Dòmhnall was a noted bard and on his deathbed passed his gift to his great-niece Peigi Eiric Maciver (now Smith).
Read more →Thanks to Chrissie for this lovely collection of photos of the Macdonalds at 8 Kneep and their neighbours. They may be easier to view on the Gallery page.
Read more →[singlepic=664,390] Peigi Eiric Smith, Chirsty Ann Macarthur, Mary and Sandy Smith, in Kneep.
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