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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Song beginning 'A phiurag nan run liura' and accompanying note, 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song beginning 'Oganaich uasail nan camlagan dualacha tiugh', 28 November 1865
Song beginning 'Oganaich uasail nan camlagan dualacha tiugh, Cha ne n gaol fuadain a rin[n] mise san uair a thoirt dhuit'. A note after song reads ' = Conal Gulban mac Neil noie Iollach ioc Ich ioc Oich ioc Ceart ioc Neart ioc Ard Righ Eirionn', which perhaps refers to the person about whom the song was composed.
Song entitled 'Duan an Deirg' and accompanying story, 14 March 1867
Song entitled 'Duan an Domhnaich', 24 September 1872
Song entitled 'Duan an Domhnaich' [Hymn of the Sunday] collected from John Pearson, cottar, Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'Domhnach neamhai neul nan gradh mo chri am chombarst saor'. The note preceding the song reads 'His great grandfather bro[ugh]t from Ireland where he had been at school'. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song entitled 'Eala Bhan Na h-Eireann', accompanying translation and charm, nd
Song entitled 'Eala Bhan Na h-Eireann' beginning 'Latha chaidh Calumcille mach, Anns a mhaduinn mhoich' and accompanying translation. The song is composed of thirty lines, arranged as five verses of six lines each. After the translation, which is given in prose format, is a charm which reasd 'The mild eye of C[hrist] be on thy hurt, The charm of love to make thee whole'.
Song entitled 'Oran Mhic ic Ailen' and accompanying story, 23 March 1871
Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn', nd
Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn' beginning ''S mairg a chual e 's nach do dh innis e, Gun robh mo leanna 's am Minginish'. The text is not presented in verses but in seventy six consecutive lines and has been annotated in ink.
Song entitled 'Suiridh Nighean Righ Eirinn', nd
Song entitled 'Suiridh Nighean Righ Eirinn' beginning 'Is cailin thus is buachaill mise, Chailin oig nach stiuir thu mi'. The song is composed of eighty-seven lines, arranged into a five line chorus and eighty two lines of verse, which have been annotated by Carmichael in ink.
Story about the wife of Mac an Lir and accompanying songs, 11 April 1872
Story collected from Hector MacLeod, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The text has been scored through in pencil and written transversely across the first few lines of text is 'See No 14 Book page 76' and written transveresely across the last page of text is 'See Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin 1808 page 14'.