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MacIntyre, Donald, c1793-1868

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Poem entitled 'Earraghain Mor', 21 March 1867 to 16 November 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/18
Scope and Contents

Poem entitled 'Earraghain Mor' collected from Doul mac an tShaoir [Donald MacIntyre, catechist, Àird/Aird, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] beginning 'La[tha] do Phad[raig] na chuirt, Gun sailm na nigh'. A note written in different ink across the initial lines of text reads 'Trans[cribed] B[ook] II p[-] Nov[ember] 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael].'

Dates: 21 March 1867 to 16 November 1869

Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill Fionn', 21 March 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/16
Scope and Contents

Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill Fionn' Don'al mac Dho'uil ic Thearlaich [Donald MacIntyre, catechist, Àird/Aird, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] beginning 'Aird aigne Ghoill fear cog. Fhin[n], Laoch leoin lòin ful. nac tim' and is poem composed of fifteen lines. Carmichael notes that he heard the story from John MacInnes, Smeircleit/Smercleit, uibhist a Deas/South Uist who told him the previous poem, and that MacIntyre 'himself is about 70 or 71'.

Dates: 21 March 1867

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