MacNiven, Duncan, 1804-1895 (Donnachadh Phadruig | schoolmaster | Airds | Taynuilt | Argyllshire)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1872-1893
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The marjority of the notebook relates to material collected in Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire but there are a number of loose leaves at the end which contain an account of a journey from Uibhist/Uist through An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, during which time his wife, Mary is in Edinburgh and is pregnant. There are eight blank folios at the end of the notebook. Much of the material in this notebook was collected from Duncan...
Dates:
c1872-1893
Note about the place 'Tobar nan clarsairean', 6 July 1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/12
Scope and Contents
Note probably collected from Duncan MacNiven, retired schoolmaster, Airds, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the place 'Tobar nan clarsairean' that it is 'above Port mu luag Lismore' [Tobar na Slàinte, Port Moluag, Lios Mòr, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
6 July 1892
Story about how Loch Awe was created and accompanying song, 1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/15
Scope and Contents
Story about how Loch Awe was created probably collected from Duncan MacNiven, retired schoolmaster, Airds, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. The story tells how [Bera] went away on a visit and having 'stayed too long' discovered on her return that 'the lid of the well was off + Loch Awe the result'. She then sang a song beginning 'A sniomh mo chuigeil'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
1892
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