MacIsaac, Hector, c1797-1878 (Eachann mac Ruaraidh | joiner | Iochdar | South Uist)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Description of Dùn Uislan, 5 April 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/51
Scope and Contents
Description of the condition, appearance and situation of Dùn Uislan on Loch Uislan [Dùn Uisealan, Loch Uisealan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] collected from Hector MacIosaig [Hector MacIsaac], Kean Langabhat, Iochdar [Ceann Langabhat, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist].
Dates:
5 April 1872
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1870 to 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing the stories 'Rocabarrai' and 'Cugarbhad'; some songs and song fragments; customs relating to religious festivals, particularly on the Isle of Barra; stories about the MacNeil of Barra; stories and archaeological notes on Castle Beagram [Caisteal Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]; cattle charms and stories about the Lochlannaich [Vikings]. As well as archaeological notes on chapels and cemeteries the majority of the notebook...
Dates:
1870 to 1872
Verse beginning 'A shiubhlas an rod mar a bheann' and accompanying archaeological note, 5 April 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/45
Scope and Contents
Verse beginning 'A shiubhlas an rod mar a bheann' and accompanying archaeological note collected from Hector MacIosaig [Hector MacIsaac], Kean Langabhat, Iochdar [Ceann Langabhat, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The note states that 'Roilig ni Ruari is a raon bet[ween] two maolads with a big stone pillar...this pillar is Ni[ghea]n Ruari.'
Dates:
5 April 1872
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- Caisteal Bheagram South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Death 1
- Fairies 1
- Fortifications 1
- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies 1
- Geology 1
- Huisinis Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Language 1
- Loch Uisealan South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Marriage 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Pollbhuidhe [Lismore] Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Prophecy 1
- Roilig ni Ruari South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Songs 1
- Tales 1
- Tobha Beag South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vikings 1
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