Talk:Taransay

To correct this Ewan ,his wife and mother left island late 1970's,Ewan still kept all Lobster / fishing equipment on island. He died 1995 after death of mother and wife

I'm confused by the statement that the island was evacuated after the death of Ewan Macrae in 1974. In the 1990s, I was several times ferried to Taransay by Ewan Macrae, who had - with wife June and mother - been the last person to live there. He died in 1995 at the age, I would guess, of about 60. Was it his father who died in 1974?Manormadman (talk) 12:32, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Haswell-Smith lists the population records as being 5 in 1971 but "abandoned" in 1974. Francis Thompson, writing in 1968 states the the population has "declined to a handful". The general idea is presumably accurate but this specific statement is uncited, so whilst it may well have a been a father or other relative, I think it should be removed and I'll do so in a mo'. Ben  Mac  Dui  17:35, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Ownership
Who owns Taransay?Abtract (talk) 23:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

According to Haswell-Smith it is John Mackay of Horgabost, haulier and sheep farmer, who bought it in 1967 from a Roddy Campbell. Ben  Mac  Dui  10:05, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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