Tales and Artefacts of James MacPherson from The Clan MacPherson Museum
James MacPherson was the illegitimate son of a Highland Laird and his mother a beautiful Gypsy girl.
Kerrysdale: Exploring the long history of the Gypsy/Traveller community within the Gairloch Area
In our last two posts celebrating Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month you’ll have seen that a pool on the River Kerry, Poll nan Ceàirdidhean, was named after the Gypsy/Travellers who would camp nearby. Here Willie MacRae, who’s family have farmed Kerrysdale since 1936, tells us about the families and camps he remembers from his childhood in the 1950s and 60s…