Comments on: Boreraig and Suisinish

By: cameron

cameron — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:55:21 +0000

Thanks for that Jim. I’m off there this weekend with a BBC film crew to try and find out more about those clearances. Visiting Boreraig and Suisinish as part of a lkong walk through Skye for a programme to be shown on Boxing Day. Good luck with the house building.

By: jim robertson

jim robertson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:53:44 +0000

My neighbour Alastair’s great grandfather was cleared to our village, Drumfearn, across the loch. Alastair’s croft house has lintel stones from his relative’s original house in Boreraig. We’re building a house on the hill above and will be calling it Boreraig.

By: cameron

cameron — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:17:14 +0000

Thanks Alistair, and thanks for the extra information. All fascinating stuff.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:58:48 +0000

Beautiful spot but a particularly nasty clearance. My neighbour has an interesting tale as some of the cleared managed to stay on Skye and settle near the villages. There’s an 8th century temple across the loch at Ord, Teampall Choan, where Saint Comgan preached around 720AD - there’s one at Boreraig too, from the same date. Comgan’s parish in those days. Also, if you wander up the loch a bit you’ll see Sgeir Gormul - the Rock of Gorm Suil (Blue Eye), the famous witch but that’s another story… very historical area. Thanks for the vid!