Bàtaichean ainmeil na 19mh linne
Tha e uaireannan doirbh a chreidsinn gu bheil cuimhne aige daoine an latha an-diugh air daoine a bha ag iasgach is a' tighinn beò air a' Chomraich o chionn còrr is ciad bliadhna. Seo agad beagan fiosrachaidh mu na bàtaichean-iasgaich a bha a' toirt cosnaidh às a' mhuir timcheall cladach na Comraich (agus nas fhaide air falbh cuideachd) anns an 19mh linne.
Cho tràth ri meadhan na 19mh linne, bha an Commodore aig an teaghlach MacCalmain ann an Toghsgaig, ach leig an ginealach seo an deuchd seachad mar iasgairean mu 1870.
Ripple - b' ann le triùir bhràithrean is a bha i. Bha Iain, Dòmhnall agus Ali Ruadh Gòrdan uile a' fantainn anns an Àird Dhuibh aig deireadh na 19mh linne.
Sarah - b' ise bàta Fhionnlaigh MhicCalmain ann an Toghsgaig, ann an ceann a deas sgìre na Comraich. A rèir beul-aithris, dh'fhàs e sgìth dhen fheadhainn a bha còmhla ris san eathar ud oir bha iad rud beag greannach agus leisg, is reic e The Sarah airson co-roinn a cheannach ann an eathar còmhla ris na Peutanaich anns na h-Uamhagan. Às dèidh làimhe, bha bàta-iasgaich eile aige air an robh Betsy mar ainm.
Mary MacTavish - bhuin ise dha na h-Uamhagan ann am fìor cheann a deas na Comraich, agus dha na Peutanaich, Murchadh (Murchadh nan Uamhagan) agus Dòmhnall (Dànaidh Mòr). Anns na bliadhnaichean às dèidh làimhe, bha am bàta-iasgaich Bella aig Dunnchadh, mac Mhurchaidh.
Bha bàta-iasgaich, Mary Ann, aig Seonaidh Fhearchair (Seonaidh MacGillEathain, Toghsgaig) agus a bhràthair Dòmhnaill Fhearchair. Bha Seonaidh Fhearchair a' fantainn aig Òb a' Chonnaidh, agus Dòmhnall anns a' Bhaile Shuas. Dh'imrich esan gu Astràlia far an deach a bhàthadh.
Bha am bàta St Joseph aig fear Iain MacGillIosa (1864-1954), às an Àird Dhuibh, air an robh Bullie mar ainisg, ach bha feadhainn ga ainmeachadh Iagan.
Boats of the 19th century
It's always hard to believe that there are people alive today who knew and remember people who were alive and fishing Applecross waters over 100 years ago. This is a little of the information we have gathered about the boats that earned a living for owners and crews in the period around the end of the 19th century.
In fact, as early as the mid-1800s tha Murchison family from Toscaig had the Commodore abut had moved away from fishing full-time by about 1870.
The Ripple - three brothers - John, Donald and Ali Ruadh Gordon - who were all living in Ardubh in the late 19th century had this boat.
The Sarah - a boat belonging to Finlay Murchison from Toscaig, in the south of the Applecross peninsula. According to folklore, he grew fed up of his crew because he thought them lazy and morose so he sold her to buy a share in a boat with the Beatons from Uags (then the furtherest south inhabited township in Applecross). Later, Finlay had another boat called the Betsy.
The Mary MacTavish belonged to the Beatons from Uags, namely Murdo (Murchadh nan Uamhagan) aand Donald (Dànaidh Mòr). In later years, another of the Beatons, Murdo's son Duncan, had the Bella.
The Mary Ann belonged to John MacLean or Seonaidh Fhearchair as he was known, from Toscaig, and his brother Donald (Dòmhnaill Fhearchair). John lived at Òb a' Chonnaidh, and Donald was in Upper Toscaig, not far away. He later emigrated to Australia where he was sadly drowned.
John Gillies (1864-1954) from Ardubh had the St Joseph. He was known as the Bullie by some folk, but also by the diminutive form of his name Iagan.