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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)...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1755 but by 1961 this
figure had
declined to 5%.
Other examples include Mingulay, Noss and the St
Kilda archipelago,
which were
abandoned during the course...
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Boreray (disambiguation) Stac Lee
Vatersay Eriskay Grimsay Berneray Barra Mingulay South Uist
Benbecula North Uist
Vallay Killegray Berneray (disambiguation)...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
