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MacDonald, Archibald, c1750-c1815 (Gille na Ciotaig | bard and satirist | Uist)

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Story about Gille na Ciotaig and accompanying song 'Bodach Bhearnasdail', 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/81
Scope and Contents Fair copy of a story entitled 'Gille Na Ciotaig' about a poet, related to Lord MacDonald who was originally from North Uist but who had to go and live in South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] because he had satirised the proprietor in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] for 'some act of oppression'. He travelled with his horse all around the Highlands and Islands and once when visiting a friend in Bearnasdail [Bernisdale, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] his horse got loose and ended up in the corn of...
Dates: 1877

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  • Subject: Satire X
  • Subject: North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X