Clerk, Archibald, Rev, 1813-1887 (minister | Kilmallie | Inverness-shire)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar', 22 March 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/15
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Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar' collected from Do'ul mac an t-Shaoir Do'ul mac Dhouil ic Thearlaich [Donald MacIntyre], catechist, Aird, Beinn na faothla Uist deas [Àird, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'A mhic mo mhic se thui[r]t an righ, Oscar a righ nan og fhlath'. The poem is composed of twenty six lines. MacIntyre states that he 'Heard this 60 years ago from an old man John Mac Aonais (Iain og mac Fhionlai) [John MacInnes] an Smearcleit Uist D[eas]...
Dates:
22 March 1867
Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill le Fionn', 14 March 1867 to 6 January 1869
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/5
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill le Fionn' collected from Donul Mac a Phie [Donald MacPhee], smith, Breubhaig, Barraidh [Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] beginning 'Ard aigni Ghoill, fear cogai Fhinn, Laoch leothai lonn fulanach nach tinn.' The poem is composed of fifteeen lines and a transverse note written across the text reads 'Copy sent to the Rev Arch[ibal]d Clerk, Killmallie Manse Jan[uar]y 6th 1869'.
Dates:
14 March 1867 to 6 January 1869
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