Tour Scotland very short video clip, with Scottish music, of the Isle of Muck, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean nam Muc, one of the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the Inner Hebrides. In 1828 the MacLeans evicted Muck and 150 people travelled to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. The remaining population was allowed to build houses in the village above Port Mòr and tried to make a living by fishing. However, by 1835 they had either emigrated or migrated elsewhere in Scotland. Sheep were introduced to the island for the first time in 1836. In 1845 Muck was let to James Thorburn, who installed a threshing mill and reputedly ploughed the whole island. The big pier at Port Mòr was also built, as was the road. In 1878 Muck was let to David Weir, who developed a dairy farm.
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