MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Archaeological notes on Kildonan and accompanying notes on Flora MacDonald and her husband, 24 May 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/82
Scope and Contents
Archaeological notes on Kildonan [Cill Donnain, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The various sites relating to St Donain are described as Eilean Donain or Isle Donain, which is where the saint's house was, the house being '50 x 26 feet with several surrounding ruins' and the island itself being 70 yards long by 50 yards wide. Cladh Donain [Cille Dhonnain] is described as a peninsula separated from Eilean Donain by another island, the relative distances being noted, and containing a ruined chapel...
Dates:
24 May 1870
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
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- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Bornish South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cille Dhonnain (graveyard) South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Death 1
- Drowning 1
- Eilean Donnain South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Fairies 1
- Family 1
- Fishing 1
- Food 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Highland Clearances 1
- Houses 1
- Ill Health 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kildonan South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Language 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loch Aineort South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Marriage 1
- Milton South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Old age 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Protection 1
- Sayings 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Songs 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Voyages and Travel 1
- Warriors 1
- Waulking songs 1 + ∧ less
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