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MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite)

 Person

Found in 2 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

Story entitled 'Flora MacDonald', 1892

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/20
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Flora MacDonald' telling how she met Bonnie Prince Charlie and how MacDonalds and MacEachens helped him to escape from Uist, including details of a priest's encounter with government officers and the various cordons through which they managed to pass unobserved. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1892

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  • Subject: Voyages and Travel X
  • Subject: Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X
  • Subject: Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland X

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An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Biography 1
Birds 1
Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1