Map Reference: Kenavara 64
Name Type: cliff
Meaning: Flat stone of the dark woman from Barra. See Baraigh in Longships on the Sand.
Other Forms: Leac na Ciaraiche a Barraigh - DMcN
Leac na Ciaraich - NB
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Information:This story may relate to this place. Dòmhnall Phàraig lived in Barrapol. He was a famous swimmer and one day he swam to a rock on Kenavara collecting eggs. On his way back he dived in but got caught under mat of tangles and he was drowned. His body was washed up on Barra. Willie MacLean, Balinoe, 3/2009.
Local Form: Liuc
Languages : GaelicInformants: Donald MacNeill (Dòmhnall an Tàilleir), The Land, 1/1994
Informant 2: Niall M Brownlie, Bailtean is Ath Ghairmean, Argyll Publishing, 1995, p153
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