Township: Scarinish

Map Reference: Scarinish m

Name Type: house

Meaning: The house of Duncan the son of Jessie; or William

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Information:
His grandfather, Niall mac an t-Saoir, nicknamed 'Neacal' or 'Am Beatanach', made boats in the summer where the slaughterhouse is today and in winter in Stòr Ghuail - DMcP.

Duncan MacPhee built the new house "pretty much on his own"." The old house on the same stance was called Taigh a' Phocair.

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Languages : Gaelic

Informants: Duncan MacPhee, Scarinish, 9/1997