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Cyril, Saint (Curalan)

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Note about footprints in rock, 27 September 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/156
Scope and Contents

Note probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about footprints in a rock left by the Lochaber women who stole cheese from Cuiralainn [Curalan/St Cyril]. This rock sheltered men after the Battle of Culloden.

Dates: 27 September 1883

Story about Cuiralain [St Cyril] and Torran nam Bàn, 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/178
Scope and Contents

Story about Cuiralain [Curalan/St Cyril] in which a child is stolen from him and he rides after the culprits and strikes them dead. Torran nam Bàn [Tòrran nam Bàn] is said to be the place where the women were struck dead. There are three stones there. Story was probably collected from Seonaid NicColla [Janet MacColl] [Glasdrum, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: 1883

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  • Subject: Argyllshire Scotland X
  • Subject: Tales X
  • Subject: Theft X

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Archaeology 1
Culloden, Battle of | Scotland | 1746 1
Glasdrum Argyllshire Scotland 1
Lochaber Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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