MacInnes, John, c1801-1894
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Laoi na h-Innge' and accompanying story, 16 September 1890
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/13
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Song entitled 'Laoi na h-Innge' collected from Iain MacPhadruig [Iain mac Phà draig or John MacInnes, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] on 16 September 1890 beginning 'Fhuair mo lean[nan] mi n chadail, S mi ga[bha]il fad am muigh'. The song is composed of twenty-three lines. The accompanying story tells how a gentleman's daughter fell in love with a poor man's son but were not allowed to marry so they eloped. A reward was offered for her return. Her lover brought her...
Dates:
16 September 1890
Story entitled 'Caileach Ghlinn Dorcha', 29 January 1875
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/126
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Story entitled 'Caileach Ghlinn Dorcha' probably collected from John MacInnes, aged 70 years, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story tells how a man met an old woman who called herself 'Cailleach a' Ghlinn Dorcha'. When he asked her how old she was she replied that she was so old she could remember when there nut trees in Bornish [Bornais] and after further conversation she vanished. Carmichael notes that nuts and tree roots are found in Bornish and also that...
Dates:
29 January 1875
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