Map Reference: Kirkapol C
Name Type: agriculture
Meaning: The croft of Donald, the son of Red Archie; or Big Neil the son of Donald
Other Forms: Croit Dhòmhnaill ’ic Ghilleasbuig - MAMcD
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Information: Neil MacPhail, the Registrar - MAMcD.
Neil MacPhail was the long-serving Registrar before he retired to Glasgow. Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, 2/2006.
He was the longest serving Registrar in Britain and was given a medal for it. Fiona MacKinnon, Kirkapol, 2/2006.
Neil MacPhail’s father went to Ireland one day on a Tiree smack. It was a hot day and when they landed he walked up the shore to a house where he asked an old woman for a drink of water. “You can have some fresh milk,” she replied. So he sat down and started to drink. A pig came into the house and started to push him. “He recognises me,” said MacPhail. “He recognises the bowl!” said the woman. Lachie Sheumais MacKinnon, Vaul, 10/1999.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: Mary Ann MacDonald, Heanish, 5/1994
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