Clan Donald
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Historical notes relating to the marriages and offspring of Clan Donald and accompanying archaeological notes about chapels, 1894
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/186
Scope and Contents
Historical notes relating to the marriages and offspring of Clan Donald Godfrey of Siol Gorrie [Sìol Goraidh] and Donald first Earl of Ross, John Earl of Antrim and Alexander of Lochaber. Accompanying archaeological notes relate to chapels built close to each other.
Dates:
1894
Story about Dearg, 16 January 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/8
Scope and Contents
Story about Dearg which gives rise to the origin of 'lamh dhearg nan Donllach' [the red hand of the MacDonalds] and the MacDonald's moniker as 'siol Chuinn'. The story tells how Dearg, a Fenian warrior, has two children a strong, handsome son and a beautiful girl. He encounters a young woman and asks her if she will marry his son. She reluctantly agrees but when she sees how big and strong he is and realises that he has still to grow and will become bigger and stronger she is afraid and runs...
Dates:
16 January 1866
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104
Scope and Contents
Transciption notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The inside front cover is inscribed in ink with 'Bought at Wadebridge Cornwall Dec[ember] 1 1864 p 1/6 A A Carmichael' and the opposite page has 'A A Carmichael' written on it in pencil. The notebook contains Fenian songs or tales mainly collected in Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, some of which are repeated in full or in part. These include 'Laoidh na Muileartaich', 'Duan an Deirg' and 'A' Bhraoin Chaorain'....
Dates:
1864-1869
Filtered By
- Subject: Family X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Biography 2
- Diarmaid 2
- Family 2
- Fenian cycle 2
- Fenians 2
- Fionn MacCumhail 2
- Ireland 2
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Tales 2
- Voyages and Travel 2
- Warriors 2
- Archaeology 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Blacksmiths 1
- Borve Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Bulls 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Clans (Scotland) 1
- Conn 1
- County Antrim Northern Ireland 1
- Cuchulain 1
- Dogs 1
- Egypt Africa 1
- Family History 1
- Fishers 1
- Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kings and rulers 1
- Language 1
- Lochaber Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Magic 1
- Marriage 1
- Norway 1
- Oscar 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Revenge 1
- Righ Lochan 1
- Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Scotland 1
- Sheriffmuir, Battle of | Scotland | 1715 1
- Songs 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stirlingshire Scotland 1
- Suidheachan Fhinn Gairloch (parish) Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Tigharry North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Trees 1
- Uisgebhagh Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ulster cycle 1
- Vikings 1
- War 1
- Women 1 + ∧ less
∨ more