MacNeil (of Barra)
Family
Found in 5 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
Song beginning 'Hu ru o na hi oro' and accompanying story, 21 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/11
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Donald MacPhee, blacksmith, Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, beginning 'Hu ru o na hi oro, Na nam faite Seathain ri fhuasgla[dh]' [Seathan Mac Rìgh Èireann] composed of fifteen lines. The story tells how the song was composed by an aunt of MacLeod of Harris to MacNeill Dhun an t-Sleibh [Dùn an t-Sleibh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra], her husband. She alleged that a priest had tried to take advantage of her in the confessional the response to which was that the priest...
Dates:
21 May 1869
Song beginning 'Thig an trius eir fheara', 21 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/18
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Marion MacNeil, Gleann/Glen, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, beginning 'Thig an trius eir fheara, Thig ort pair mhath phiosta'. The song is composed of twelve lines, has a number of amendments and has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere. The accompanying note states that the song was said to have been composed by a daughter of MacLean of Bororay [Boraraigh/Boreray] to Ruary an Tairtair [Roderick MacNeil].
Dates:
21 May 1869
Song entitled 'Fail in ocha - Iomarbhaigh' and accompanying story, 19 October 1870 and 12 December 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/118
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Fail in ocha - Iomarbhaigh' [A Spaidearachd Bharrach] collected from Seonaid Churrai [Janet Currie], Staonabrig [Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge, Uibhist A Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dhia s gaolach liom an gille, Gha bheil deiread agus gill-dhuinnead'. The song is composed of twenty six lines and has been scored through in ink with a transverse note reading 'Transcribed 12/12 1883 Book III 241 page A[lexander] C[armichael].' The accompanying story tells how MacNeill of Barra,...
Dates:
19 October 1870 and 12 December 1883
Song entitled 'Fath Mo Mhulaid A Bhi Ann' and accompanying note, nd
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/2
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Fath Mo Mhulaid A Bhi Ann' beginning 'Fath mo mhulaid a bhi ann, Mi air m uilinn anns a ghleann'. The song is composed of forty three lines and has been arranged in couplets. The accompanying note reads 'Probably this song was composed by a daughter of Macneill of Barra living in a mainland glen'.
Dates:
nd
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- Waulking songs 4
- Tales 3
- Family 2
- Fishing 2
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Marriage 2
- Placenames 2
- Protection 2
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 2
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Warriors 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Birds 1
- Boreray Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Children 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Death 1
- Disputes 1
- Doirlinn Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Drowning 1
- Fairies 1
- Family History 1
- Food 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geography 1
- Homesickness 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kisimul Castle Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lag Fhliodh Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Language 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Parties (social gatherings) 1
- Payment 1
- Plants 1
- Poems 1
- Praise 1
- Priests 1
- Saints 1
- Sayings 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Tangasdal Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Voyages and Travel 1
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