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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...

Dates: 1864 to

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of a song beginning 'Oisein eibhinn a mhic Fhinn', 16 June 1876

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/85

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Fragment of a song collected from Christina MacInnes [Cairistiona nighean Dùghaill] beginning 'Oisein eibhin[n] a mhic Fhinn, A Loaich fhaoilidh bu mhor pris'. A fragmentary note accompanying it seems to indicate a man who has the full song. The note reads 'Donul Curri [Donald Currie] S[outh] Lochboisdale [Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] whom see -'.

Dates: 16 June 1876

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of a song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid', c1862

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/67

Scope and Contents Fragment of a song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid' [Lay of Diarmaid] collected from Donull Camashron [Donald Cameron], Coill-othar 'Clar-Sgiath' [Coille Odhar/Coillore, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The song begins 'Eisdibh mus ail leibh laoidh, Air a mhuinntir a dh'fhalbh uainn' and is composed of twenty-four lines. Annotations to the text have been made in pencil. The song is the beginning of the story in which Diarmaid, after having eloped with Grainne, Fionn's wife, goes boar...

Dates: c1862

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of a story for the song entitled 'Laoidh Earragain Mhoir', c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/81

Scope and Contents Fragment of a story for the song entitled 'Laoidh Earragain Mhoir' collected from Eachun MacIosaig [Hector MacIsaac] Ceannlangabhad, Iocar, Uist Deas [Ceannlangabhat, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] on 6 October 1865. The story tells how when Fionn and the Fenians went hunting in Ireland every year, Righ Èirinn [King of Ireland] would give them men to look after them. In the winter, back in Scotland, the Fenians began their Christmas festivities and someone reported to Fionn that there...

Dates: c1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Placename note for Dun-na-dise and Ath na dise, 20 January 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/166

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Placename note for Dun-na-dise and Ath na dise [Dùn na Dìse and Ath na Dìse, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] that they are between Carnish and Baileshear [Cairinis, Baile Shear/Baleshare]. Also that Fionn leaped from Beinn na coille to Fíe'leum [Beinn na Coille and Filleam].

Dates: 20 January 1871

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar', 22 March 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/15

Scope and Contents 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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/18

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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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poem entitled 'Fionn', 1 August 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/31

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Poem entitled 'Fionn' collected from Murdoch MacLeod, Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] beginning 'An dara cos aig Fionn'.

Dates: 1 August 1885

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill Fionn', 21 March 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/16

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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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poem entitled 'Teanntac Mhor Na Feinn' and accompanying note, March 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/12

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Poem entitled 'Teanntac[hd] Mhor Na Feinn[e]' collected from Donul Mac a Bhi [Donald MacPhee], smith, Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'La dh an Th[einn] shuas Druim-dearg, Freiteach blath ri mu Fhinn'. The poem is composed of forty two lines. The accompanying note states that he heard it 'from Ruari Ruadh mac Cuiein sa Cheanna Tuath (Uist) 50 years ago [c1817]' [Roderick MacQuien, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist].

Dates: March 1867

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

Fragment of a song beginning 'Oisein eibhinn a mhic Fhinn', 16 June 1876

Fragment of a song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid', c1862

Fragment of a story for the song entitled 'Laoidh Earragain Mhoir', c1875

Placename note for Dun-na-dise and Ath na dise, 20 January 1871

Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar', 22 March 1867

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

Poem entitled 'Fionn', 1 August 1885

Poem entitled 'Moladh Ghoill Fionn', 21 March 1867

Poem entitled 'Teanntac Mhor Na Feinn' and accompanying note, March 1867

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