68177: Malcolm Munro
Malcolm Munro was born in 1801, the son of Lachlan Munro and Christina MacDonald of old Ruisgarry. In 1830 he was paying rental of £5.10.0 for his croft.
He and his wife Effie Morrison, from North Uist, had a family of nine children. In the relotting of Ruisgarry’s crofts in 1850, Malcolm obtained the croft at 3 Ruisgarry (Gearraidh na Creadha), to which his family moved. On his death, the croft passed to his son Peter.
Malcolm obviously had a good sense of humour into his old age. The bard Malcolm MacAskill writes about the old man dancing a sprightly reel in this extract from the poem Slan Gun Till na Dh’Fhalbh, published in Orain Chaluim:
‘Nuair chuala Calum mac Lachlainn
Gu robh Padruig a’tigh’nn dachaidh,
Theann e dhannsa “Mhic Iain Ghasda”
‘S a bhoineid paisgte ‘na dhorn.
Thug e leum as air an urlar,
“Hug horray” aige ‘s e tionndadh;
Chaidh a mhulad chur air chul,
‘S e bocail sunndach le port-beoil.
Bha Fionnghala nighean Dhomhnaill
Is Calum a’dannsa comhla,
‘S Oighrig ni’ Phadruig gu stolda
Deanamh spors dh’an charaid oig.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Date Of Birth:
- 1801
- Date of Death:
- 23 Jul 1879
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEBH 618
- Occupation:
- Crofter
- Record Maintained by:
- CEBH