Township: Mannal

Map Reference: Mannal a

Name Type: house

Meaning: Big Mannal house; or the house of Archie the son of Angus

Other Forms: Taigh Èirdsidh Aonghais - JF.

Related Places: Croit and Taigh Dhomhnaill Peigi in Kilmoluaig.

Information:The original Mannal farm house was on the other side of the road. The 'new' house is in two halves - Mary MacDonald's great grandfather had one half and his brother the other - JMcK.

The brother of Dòmhnall Pèigi, Aonghas, married a girl from Mannal House. His son was Eachann Aonghais Peigi who was Mary MacDonald's grandfather - Iain Chaluim MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig.



Local Form:

Languages : Norse, Gaelic

Informants: Jessie MacKinnon (Teasaidh Lachainn), Mannal, 11/1993

Informant 2: John Fletcher, Balemartine, 8/2009