Royal High School (1128-)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...
Dates:
15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Records of Carson and Pillans Class Club
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-176
Scope and Contents
The records of the Club are composed of: a volume listing the names of Club fellows (those pupils of Dr. Carson and Dr. Pillans between 1815 and 1821, and those present at Carson Class Club annual dinners held for example in 1838 at the Royal Hotel, in 1842 at Archers' Hall and in 1863 at the Royal British Hotel, and containing printed matter such as menus, minutes of meetings, and The professor's song and The actuary's song
, and notes...
Dates:
1815-1884
Story about the sons of the Duke of Argyll and MacLeod of MacLeods eldest sons, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/50
Scope and Contents
Story collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay about the sons of the Duke of Argyll's and MacLeod of MacLeod's eldest sons. The story tells how the two sons were together at the Royal High School Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] or Edinburgh University and the Duke's son was being bullied by a sizable 'gille galda' [gille Gallda or Lowlander]. MacLeod's son stepped in to help the Duke's son but between the two of them they beat the gille Gallda so badly that he died from his injuries. The two fled to Dunvegan...
Dates:
10 July 1870