MacDonald (of Clanranald)
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...
Dates:
c1868 to 16 June 1876
Stories about Ranald MacDonald of Milton, 12 April 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/78
Scope and Contents
Stories collected from Mrs MacLellan, Ormacleit/Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, about Captain Ranald MacDonald, father of Flora MacDonald, telling how he built the first house at Nunton [Baile nan Cailleach, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] 'after the Tota mhòr was burnt in 1715 - the night of Sheriffmuir. Allan was the Clanranald who was killed there', noting that he was killed by a man he had sent out of the country who shot him with a sixpence. Allan MacDonald of Clanranald is also...
Dates:
12 April 1870
Story about Sìne nighean MhicLeòid, 20 January 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/142
Scope and Contents
Story collected from Eachann Macleoid [Hector MacLeod], aged 85, at Caisteal Bhuiri, Lianacleit [Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Lionacleit/Linaclate, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula]. His patronymic is given as 'Each[ann] mac Dhonul ic 'Urchai ic Neil ic Coinnich ic Iain ic Ruari ic Thormaid ic Uilleam ic Thorcail ic Leoid Leothais'. Hector states that he is the same age as Clanranald and that his great grandfather Niall mac Leoid [Neil MacLeod] came with Sine ni[gh]ean mhic Leoid Leodhais...
Dates:
20 January 1871
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- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2
- Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Sayings 2
- Voyages and Travel 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Birds 1
- Boats 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Death 1
- Disputes 1
- Drowning 1
- Elopement 1
- Fairies 1
- Fires 1
- Fishing 1
- Food 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geography 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Houses 1
- Imprisonment 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Language 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Names 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Plants 1
- Poems 1
- Priests 1
- Protection 1
- Rossinish Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ruabhal Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Saints 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Sheriffmuir, Battle of | Scotland | 1715 1
- Songs 1
- Sound of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Warriors 1
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