North Clutag Farm
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Title
North Clutag Farm
Description
Today, North Clutag is an ordinatry working dairy farm, but in the 1930's it was home to an extraordinary man. John McNeilie, who wrote under the pen name of Ian Niall, spent his boyhood days here. He scandalised the local community by publishing 'The Wigtown Ploughman', in which he described in unflinching details the hardships of life endured by farm labourers in the early years of the 20th century. The book sparked calls for change and progress, but locally he was ostracised by many neighbours who were all to recognisable on the page. McNeillie went on to publish more thatn 40 books, including the hugely popular 'The Poacher's Handbook', and 'No Resting Place', a remarkably sympathetic book on travelling gypsies, written as it was in 1948.
Source
dumfriesandgalloway
Type
Museum
Identifier
1106
Museum Item Type Metadata
IsNewThisYear
No
OpeningDate1
29/9/2007
OpeningTime1
10.00-15.00
Activities
Hear McNeillie's son Andrew, now a publisher, reading from his father's books in the byre, listen to local folksinger Billy Martin who will also be reading book extracts in the local dialect.
Please remember that this is a working farm so children should be closely supervised and dogs kept in the car or left at home. Please wear sensible shoes or wellies.
WC
Yes
DisabledWC
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Refreshments
No
EventsForChildren
Yes
Parking
Yes
HearingLoop
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
ID
10757
IsIncludedThisYear
No
Citation
“North Clutag Farm,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1104.
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