Mingulay (Scottish Gaelic: Miughalaigh) is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located 12 nautical miles (22 kilometres)...
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The "Mingulay Boat Song" is a song written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s. The melody is described in Roberton's Songs of the Isles as...
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000 northern fulmar pairs, about 30% and 13% of the respective UK totals. Mingulay is an important breeding ground for razorbills, with 9,514 pairs, 6.3%...
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remains inhabited. Berneray (also known as Barra Head), Pabbay, Sandray and Mingulay have been inhabited in the past. The four smallest named islands are Flodday...
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parents had moved to Mingulay after being evicted by Colonel Gordon's factors and she returned to her ancestral island after Mingulay was abandoned in 1912...
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designation." Berneray lies to the west of the Sea of the Hebrides and south of Mingulay across the Sound of Berneray, which has a strong tidal stream. The wedge-shaped...
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Boreray (disambiguation) Stac Lee Vatersay Eriskay Grimsay Berneray Barra Mingulay South Uist Benbecula North Uist Vallay Killegray Berneray (disambiguation)...
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Hirta, identified in 2012. Mingulay On Mingulay there is but a single tree — a 2 metre high poplar on a cliff overlooking Mingulay Bay. Sea holly (Eryngium...
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List of bays of the Outer Hebrides (section Mingulay)
This List of Bays of Outer Hebrides summarises the bays that are located on the islands of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Map this section's coordinates...
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in late 2012. In 2006 and 2013, Thompson recorded Hugh S. Roberton's "Mingulay Boat Song" and the traditional "General Taylor" for the sea shanty-compilations...
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Green at Gretna), and reworked traditional songs (The Bell Rock Light, Mingulay Boat Song). He has toured the United States (every state except Hawaii...
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in 1755 but by 1961 this figure had declined to 5%. Other examples are Mingulay, Noss and the St Kilda archipelago, which were abandoned during the course...
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Photographic Album. W. Blackwood. ISBN 0-85158-162-5 Buxton, Ben. (1995) Mingulay: An Island and Its People. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-874744-24-6 Downham...
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between Barra and South Uist Sound of Berneray between Barra Head and Mingulay Sound of Harris between Harris and North Uist Sound of Shiant between Lewis...
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View from Heaval of Castlebay, Vatersay, Sandray, Mingulay and Pabbay...
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one of the three houses of Castlebay Secondary School. The other two are Mingulay and Sandray. Bàgh Bàn is the name applied to a large bay situated on the...
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Edge of the World, British Film Institute, (Robbie) Look what happened to Mingulay and St Kilda, islands barren now that once supported people. What happened...
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Scotland were the residents of the now uninhabited islands of Hirta and Mingulay who were dependent on the bounty provided by seabirds. The first record...
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war axe "Lochaber", a Scottish folk melody best known as the tune for "Mingulay Boat Song" This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Day" 2:21 11. "Pay Me My Money Down" 1:45 12. "Cadgwith Anthem" 2:34 13. "The Corncrake" 2:06 14. "The Mingulay Boat Song" 3:03 15. "Haul Away Joe" 2:14...
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portal List of islands of Scotland List of outlying islands of Scotland Mingulay St Kilda There was no census in 1941, during the Second World War. This...
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landscape. She has lived and worked in the Orkney islands, on Jura and Mingulay and in the Libyan Desert. Julie Brook was born at RAF Rinteln hospital...
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Guernsey. Wake Island 6.5 Minor outlying island of the United States. Mingulay 6.4 Island part of Scotland. Saint Saviour Parish 6.4 Parish of Guernsey...
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economy. Some of the islands continue to contribute to modern culture. The "Mingulay Boat Song", although evocative of island life, was written after the abandonment...
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Burg, Isle of Mull Canna & Sanday Iona Macquarie Mausoleum, Isle of Mull Mingulay, Berneray & Pabbay St Kilda World Heritage Site Staffa National Nature...
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Highland Clearances and subject of a famous Gaelic poem by Sorley MacLean. Mingulay, an island at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides, depopulated as part...
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Short Film by Noel Goodwin (screened at London Short Film Festival). "Mingulay Boat Song" from the album Maiden Voyage. Sea shanty A Cappella "Off the...
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Mail Dòmhnaich Maragaidh Beag Maragaidh Mòr Màsgeir Mealla Brù Mile-sgeir Mingulay Monach Islands Muldoanich Nàrstaigh North Uist Oisteim Oitir Bheag Opasaigh...
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effects of the waves can be detected 70 metres (230 ft) below sea level. Mingulay – the "near St Kilda" John Sands, a Scottish journalist mockingly described...
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Ground (Talamh Sìtheil) (2004) Òran Na Mnà (A Woman's Song) (2006) Leaving Mingulay (A Fàgail Mhiughalaigh) (2009) The Seedboat (Bàta an t-Sìl) (2010) – with...
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