MacDonald (of Sleat)
Family
Found in 4 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
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Dates:
1864-1869
Song beginning 'Nail i bho ho i, thoir liom gin a hi', 28 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/62
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Anna nic a Phi [Anna MacPhie or MacPhee], daughter of Angus son of old Donald MacPhie, aged 22 years, Carnan [Càrnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Nail i bho ho i, thoir liom gin a hi, Nail i bho ho, Ghrian so g' eiridh' [Tàladh Dhòmhnaill Ghuirm or Donald Gorm's Lullaby]. The song is composed of seventy-three lines and contains a number of amendments or annotations. The accompanying story tells how Carmichael got an 'ord bhairneach' from Anna's father, which he...
Dates:
28 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song entitled 'Donl Gorm Sleibhteach' and accompanying note, 26 May 1869 and 15 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/42
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Donl Gorm Sleibhteach' [Dòmhnall Gorm Shlèibhteach] collected from Margaret MacIntosh, tailor's wife, Ceann a Deas Loch Baghasdail/South Boisdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Naill i a bho ho i, A ghrian si g eiridh'. The song is composed of sixty one lines which bear amendments and annotations in pencil. The accompanying note states that each stanza of the song should be sung four times. The informant heard this song and 'Mhic Iain Mhuideartaich Na Feill' [see...
Dates:
26 May 1869 and 15 June 1869
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- Lullabies 3
- Protection 3
- Tales 3
- Voyages and Travel 3
- Biography 2
- Cemeteries 2
- Church Buildings 2
- Customs 2
- Fairies 2
- Family 2
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Laments 2
- Language 2
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Poems 2
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Vocabulary 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Death 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
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Landowners 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loss (of people or things) 1
- Love 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
- Saints 1
- Saints days 1
- Sayings 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Sniseabhal South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- South Boisdale South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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