‘A Murder Mystery from Barra: The Killing of the Big Parson, 1609’
On 11 February 2014, the Centre was delighted to welcome Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart (University of Edinburgh and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig) to discuss ‘A Murder Mystery from Barra: The Killing of the Big Parson, 1609’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Stiùbhart’s presentation examined a ‘single historical anecdote’: the murder of an island clergyman… Continue reading