MacDonald (of Clanranald)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Field and transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1867
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW113
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing field and transcribed material. The notebook is inscribed on the front inside cover with the following: 'Scrap Book MS No1 Alex[ander] Carmichael (of Lismore) Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist] 1864'. On the recto side of the fly leaf is written 'Angus MacDonald Staoinebrig tale teller' and on the verso side of the fly leaf is written 'Bought at Drew's Saint columb Cornwall this 17 day of Nov[ember] 1864 A. A. Carmichael p2/3'....
Dates:
1864-1867
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
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
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1870 to 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing the stories 'Rocabarrai' and 'Cugarbhad'; some songs and song fragments; customs relating to religious festivals, particularly on the Isle of Barra; stories about the MacNeil of Barra; stories and archaeological notes on Castle Beagram [Caisteal Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]; cattle charms and stories about the Lochlannaich [Vikings]. As well as archaeological notes on chapels and cemeteries the majority of the notebook...
Dates:
1870 to 1872
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
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...
Dates:
12 September 1890 to 1895
Song entitled 'Reubadh Na Mara' and accompanying note, nd
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/12
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Reubadh Na Mara' beginning 'Hug am bata na caoil oirn, Hò rò hì iù o'. The song is composed of forty lines arranged as six verses of four lines each, five verses of couplets and a chorus. An accompanying note reads 'These may have been composed by a fugitive from battle'.
Dates:
nd
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- Biography 6
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- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 6
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 6
- Tales 6
- Vocabulary 6
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 5
- Customs 5
- Fairies 5
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 5
- Love 5
- Placenames 5
- Voyages and Travel 5
- Family 4
- Family History 4
- Geography 4
- Archaeology 3
- Birds 3
- Cemeteries 3
- Church Buildings 3
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 3
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 3
- Laments 3
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- Marriage 3
- Poems 3
- Sayings 3
- Argyllshire Scotland 2
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Cattle 2
- Charms 2
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- Food 2
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- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Names 2
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- Rocks 2
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- Trees 2
- Waulking songs 2
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- Achadun Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1
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- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Animals 1
- Architecture 1
- Bernera Island Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Blessings 1
- Bohuntine Kilmonivaig (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- Fenian cycle 1
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- Fishing 1
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- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gravestones 1
- Hogha Gearraidh North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Houses 1
- Huisinis Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Inheritance and Succession 1
- Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Inverroy Kilmonivaig (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Liniclate Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Losgaintir Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loss (of people or things) 1
- Lullabies 1
- Magic 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Murder 1
- Nisishee Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Paibeil Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1 + ∧ less
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