Story entitled 'Tuaireasgeul Mor', 1895
Scope and Contents
Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Tuaireasgeul Mor' describing the tuairsisgeul as 'a wonderful tale'. It is described as a story which would take a good reciter 'seven winter long nights from beul na hoiche dusk to Goirm choilleach cock-crowing to repeat it in full.' The best reciter was deemed to be Domhnull Ban Dughallach [Donald MacDougall] who was a famous piper of the MacCrimmon school. His son John, a skipper on a Clyde steamer, 'who left Benbecula about thirty years ago and settled down at Crinan Canal [Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire] could recite it word for word but not with the same emphasis as his father.'
Dates
- Creation: 1895
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 114 folios ; 14 x 20 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 110r, line 19 to folio 110v, line 23
Subject
- MacDougall, Donald, c1813-1893 (Person)
- MacDougall, John, fl1895 (steamer skipper | Crinan Canal | Argyllshire) (Person)
- MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula) (Person)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
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