MacMhuirich (hereditary bards of Clanranald)
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Found in 3 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, 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
Story entitled 'Mac Dhearg', 29 January 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/121
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Mac Dhearg' [Muc Dhearg] collected from Iain Macinnes [John MacInnes], aged 70 years, Staoligeary [Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The story tells of a woman in Howgearry [Hogha Gearraidh/Hougharry, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] whose child is replaced by a changeling and all he will say is ''muc dhearg muc dhearg'. MacIlleMhoire sends the woman and child to MacMhuirich Mòr in Stilligarry who manages to change the child back by repeating 'Muc dhearg'...
Dates:
29 January 1875
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- Subject: North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X
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- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Biography 2
- Birds 2
- Customs 2
- Death 2
- Fairies 2
- Family 2
- Hogha Gearraidh North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Language 2
- Love 2
- Songs 2
- Vocabulary 2
- Voyages and Travel 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Charms 1
- Children 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Comedy 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Drowning 1
- Family History 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fishing 1
- Food 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geography 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Inheritance and Succession 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lullabies 1
- Magic 1
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Marriage 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Plants 1
- Poems 1
- Protection 1
- Saints 1
- Sayings 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stilligarry South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Veal 1
- Warriors 1
- Waulking songs 1 + ∧ less
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