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Clan MacLean

 

B' ann le Seonaidh Fhearchair (Seonaidh MacGillEathain) à Toghsgaig is a bha i an toiseach, tràth san 20mh linne.

 

An uair sin, chaidh a ceannach le Iain MacLeòid (Iain Ali Bhig) agus Coinneach MacDhùnLeibhe (Kenny Duch). Bha an dithis acasan a' fantainn ann an Coille Ghillidh, air cost' an iar na Comraich, faisg air Toghsgaig.

 

Mar as àbhaist, bha Clan MacLean aig acair anns a' Pholl Dhomhainn agus, gu dearbh, b' ise am bàta ionadail mu dheireadh a bha air a cumail an sin. B' e sgoth a bha innte, is taigh-cuibhle air a chur rithe.

 

Gu brònach chaidh Coinneach a chall anns an Dàmhair 1936 - chaidh a bhàthadh faisg air Caol Reatha san Eilean Sgitheanach.

 

Chaidh an Clan MacLean a reic an uair sin gu fear ann an Caol Acain. B' i sgoth a bha innte, is chaidh taigh-cuibhle a chur rithe na b'fhaide air adhart. 

 

Cliog air na dealbhan airson am faicinn ann an cumadh nas motha.

 

 

Clan MacLean

 

She belonged originally to John MacLean (Seonaidh Fhearchair) from Toscaig, in the early 1900s.

 

She was then bought by John MacLeod (Iain Ali Bhig) and Kenny Livingstone (Kenny Duch)who both lived in the township of Coilleghillie on the south-west coast of the Applecross peninsula.

 

Normally, the Clan MacLean would be anchored in a natural harbour called the Poll Domhainn and she was the last local boat to be moored there regularly. She was a skiff, and had a wheelhouse added later.

 

Very sadly Kenny Duch was drowned in the Kylerhea straits near the Isle of Skye in October 1936.

 

The boat was then sold to Kyleakin, Isle of Skye.

 

Click on the pictures in the slideshow to see them in more detail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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