Story about Coinneach Odhar [The Brahan Seer], 3 January 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/9
Scope and Contents
Story collected at Gramsdall [Gramasdail/Gramsdale, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] about Coinneach Odhar [The Brahan Seer] telling how following a dream he had, he got his powers of prophesy from a stone in a box he had found on the strand. Later he threw the stone into a loch near Loch Ness and it was said that when the stone is recovered all his prophesies will come true. The story also lists several of Coinneach Odhar's prophesies relating to Uist and Barra including the presence of grey geese and white sheep; that a battle would be fought at Cladach a' Chaolais/Claddach Kyles after which the raven would drink the blood of fallen men from the hill at Clach Mhòr a Che [both Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and about MacNeil of Barra and the 'maor nan ordagan mor' who wrote with his left hand. The story has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- 3 January 1872
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 72 folios ; 12.7 x 20 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 9v, line 1 to folio 10r, line 14
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cladach a' Chaolais North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Gramasdal Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Loch Ness Inverness-shire Scotland
- MacKenzie, Kenneth, fl16th century (Coinneach Odhar or Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche or The Brahan Seer)
- MacNeil (of Barra)
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Prophecy
- Prophets
- Sheep
- Tales
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- War
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
is-crc@ed.ac.uk