Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile', 3 June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/4
Scope and Contents
Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile' in which Alexander Carmichael describes how he travelled there and his meeting with the Marquis of Lorne before the inauguration of the monument to Iain Òg Ìle [John Francis Campbell of Islay]. He notes the afterdinner speakers, describing his own speech as 'a bungled affair', and also describes Islay House, noting the gardener as Thomas Hill and his connections with the Campbells of Islay.
Dates
- Creation: 3 June 1887
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 53 folios ; 17.2 x 10.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 1v, line 1 to folio 2v, line 3
Bibliography
Carmichael Watson Project Blog, Memorial to John Francis Campbell (2 June 1887), http://carmichaelwatson.blogspot.com/2009/09/memorial-to-john-francis-campbell-2.html (2009).
Subject
- Campbell, John Francis, 1821-1885 (folklorist and polymath) (Person)
- Campbell, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1914 (9th Duke of Argyll | Marquis of Lorne | 4th Governor General of Canada ) (Person)
- Hill, Thomas, fl1887 (gardener | Islay House | Islay) (Person)
- Campbell (of Islay) (Family)
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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk