Campbell (of Islay)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile', 3 June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/4
Scope and Contents
Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile' in which Alexander Carmichael describes how he travelled there and his meeting with the Marquis of Lorne before the inauguration of the monument to Iain Òg Ìle [John Francis Campbell of Islay]. He notes the afterdinner speakers, describing his own speech as 'a bungled affair', and also describes Islay House, noting the gardener as Thomas Hill and his connections with the Campbells of Islay.
Dates:
3 June 1887
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...
Dates:
1887
Quote from a conversation between Tighearna Ìle and a ferryman, 3 February 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/46
Scope and Contents
Quote from a conversation between Tighearna Ìle and a ferryman taking him to Barra [Barriagh/Isle of Barra] which reads 'An ro[bh] [th]u ria[mh] san t Suain?' 'Sioma uair sin.' 'Cuine?' 'Duair bha mi am chadal.'
Dates:
3 February 1874
Story about stone crosses on Ìle/Islay, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/96
Scope and Contents
Story collected on Ìle/Islay about stone crosses there, stating that the cross at Kilchoman [Cille Chòmain] was from Ireland [brought by] an Irish woman who was married to a landowner from Duir [Contae Dhoire/County Londonderry/County Derry]. Mr Iain Campbell, minister, 'threw down the cross' and the last priest in Islay was brought by a daughter of Clanranald who apparently marriedCampbell of Bailnaby [Baile Nàbaidh/Balnaby/Ballinaby]. When she died she was buried next to him as she had...
Dates:
June 1887
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