Story about the building of a lighthouse on Eilean O-bharsa [Orsay] and vocabulary note, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/75
Scope and Contents
Story about the building of a lighthouse on Eilean O-bharsa [Orasaigh/Orsay, Ìle/Islay] that it was built over [Hugh] Mackay's tomb by the Commissioners of Lighthouses [Northern Lighthouse Board] and that whole bodies were wheeled down to Geo-cho'air [Geòdh Chobhair]. The vocabulary note states that 'Seargach' 'Sea foam' or 'tough foam' and 'Co'ar' [cobhar] is 'fresh water foam'.
Dates
- Creation: 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 17v, line 4 to folio 17v, line 17
Bibliography
Northern Lighthouse Board, 'Rinns of Islay': http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Rinns-of-Islay/
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, St Orain's Chapel, Orasay, Islay: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37250/details/islay+orsay+island+chapel/
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, St Orain's Chapel, Orasay, Islay: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37250/details/islay+orsay+island+chapel/
Subject
- MacKay, Hugh, fl1393 (lieutenant to MacDonald of Islay | Rinns of Islay) (Person)
- Northern Lighthouse Board. Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses (1786-) (Organization)
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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