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Thread #9698   Message #4174607
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
15-Jun-23 - 08:54 AM
Thread Name: Mingulay Boat Song's Minch ???
Subject: RE: Mingulay Boat Song's Minch ???
I find it very hard to credit the assertion that Hugh Roberton “chose the romantic name Mingulay”. There are references in 19th century records, albeit slightly different spelling (no u):
Mingala in Francis Broome’s Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland in 1882-84, and
Mingalay Island in John Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887.
The rest is correct re the Gaelic and Norse origins and the lyrics of the song.