MacDonald, Alexander, fl 1861
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis', 15 January 1866
Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis' [Comhrag Fhèinn Agus Mhanuis or The Fight of Fionn and Manus] collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], Boradh, Barra [Borgh/Borve, Barriagh/Isle of Barra]. The story is told in forty stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'Ce be bhiodh leinn a laoidh, Air an trai[gh] tha siar fo dheas'. MacDonald states that he heard the story from Eifrig Nic an Lias, 'shean mhaighdean' [old maid or spinster].
Song entitled 'Duan an Deirg' and accompanying note, 16 February 1866 to 4 May 1869
Song entitled 'Laoi Dhiarmaid', 16 February 1866
Song entitled 'Laoi Dhiarmaid' collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], crofter, Borgh/Borve, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, composed of twenty-four stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'Eisdeibh beag mas aill leibh laoi, Air a mhuinntir a dh-falbh uainn'. A transverse note on folio 21v reads 'Transcribed'.
Song entitled 'Laoidh na Muireartaich' and accompanying note, 15 January 1866
Story about Dearg, 16 January 1866
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
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