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Campbell (of Airds)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...
Dates: 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Note about Cilleandraist, 2 September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/8
Scope and Contents

Note about Cilleandraist that it was situated at Lag a chlai [possibly Lag a Chlaidh, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] close to the lake [Loch Baile a' Ghobhainn]. Bones and ancient ruins were found there and a well built over it. The rest of the note seems to indicate that sites belong to the church, Barcaldine [Campbell of Barcaldine] and Airds [Campbell of Airds].

Dates: 2 September 1870

Note about Sir Donald Campbell of Airds, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/18
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Note about Sir Donald Campbell of Airds which states that he 'was a nat[ural] son of Tierna Challad[air] [Tighearna Challadair or Campbell of Cawdor] - a bad foxy man.'

Dates: September 1870

Note about the feu on Glasdruim, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/164
Scope and Contents Note probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the feu on Glasdruim [Glasdrum, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] and how the title to it was either kept on the owner's person or hidden under a stone. The feu was lost owing to acting as surety and because the MacColls were stronger than the Stewarts of Appin. Fear Ardnasheile's two servants are noted as being 'a cuif' and the other 'a man who stood up for his clan'. The feu was latterly paid...
Dates: 1883

Song beginning 'Hi hiu ro bho chan eil mi slan' and accompanying story, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/168
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Song probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, beginning 'Hi hiu ro bho chan eil mi slan' and accompanying story in which the daughter of Airds was in love with her father's piper but the relationship was forbidden and she 'lost her reason'.

Dates: 1883

Story about Sir Donald Campbell of Airds shooting a servant, 2 September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/15
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Story about Sir Donald Campbell of Airds shooting a servant. While he was living at E[ilean] an Stalcair [Stalker Isle or Castle Stalker, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] Campbell had sent a servant to [Inver-] in a hurry but the servant returned so quickly that Campbell thought he had not gone at all and on seeing him crossing the stream shot him.

Dates: 2 September 1870

Story about the Baron of Bachuil, the Macleans of Duart and and the body of Campbell of Airds/Stewart of Appin, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/39
Scope and Contents Story about the recovery of the body of Campbell of Airds by the Baron of Bachuil. In the text Carmichael has queried Campbell of Airds as properly being Stewart of Appin. The story tells how Campbell or Stewart was hanged by the Macleans of Duart over the wall of Duart Castle [Caisteal Dhubhairt, Muile/Isle of Mull, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. The Baron of Bachuil went to retrieve the body with his two daughters, putting holes in all of Macleans' boats so that they could not pursue them....
Dates: September 1870

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