Song entitled 'Laoi Dhiarmaid', 16 February 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/6
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Laoi Dhiarmaid' collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], crofter, Borgh/Borve, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, composed of twenty-four stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'Eisdeibh beag mas aill leibh laoi, Air a mhuinntir a dh-falbh uainn'. A transverse note on folio 21v reads 'Transcribed'.
Dates
- Creation: 16 February 1866
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 91 folios ; 20 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 21v, line 1 to folio 23v, line 20
Bibliography
Anon., ‘Diarmaid O’ Duibhne’, The Highlander, vol. 3, no. 137 (27 Nov., 1874), p. 3.
Campbell, John D. S. (Duke of Argyll), Adventures in Legend: Being the Last Historic Legends of the Western Highlands (Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1898), pp. 20-25.
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Leabhar na Féinne, (London, 1872) pp. 151-65.
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Popular Tales of the Western Highlands, vol III, (Edinburgh, 1862) pp. 39-90, 75-102.
Campbell, John Gregorson, The Fians Or Stories, Poems And Traditions Of Fionn And His Warrior Band (London, 1891) pp. 52-65.
MacDonald, Donald, ‘Bas Bhrain agus Dhiarmaid’, The Celtic Review, vol. VI (1909), pp. 131-135 .
MacFarlane, Malcolm, ‘Bàs Dhiarmaid O Duimhne’, The Celtic Monthly, vol. XII, no. 11 (Aug., 1904), pp. 211-215.
MacLennan, Angus (auth.); Campbell, John Lorne (transl.), Stories from South Uist (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961), pp. 29-31. [A modern version of the tale]
Meek, Donald E., ‘The Death of Diarmaid in Scottish and Irish Tradition’, Celtica, vol. XXI (1990), pp. 335-361.
Watson, William J., ‘The Death of Diarmad’, The Celtic Review, vol. X (1916), pp. 350-357.
Campbell, John D. S. (Duke of Argyll), Adventures in Legend: Being the Last Historic Legends of the Western Highlands (Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1898), pp. 20-25.
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Leabhar na Féinne, (London, 1872) pp. 151-65.
Campbell, John Francis, (ed.), Popular Tales of the Western Highlands, vol III, (Edinburgh, 1862) pp. 39-90, 75-102.
Campbell, John Gregorson, The Fians Or Stories, Poems And Traditions Of Fionn And His Warrior Band (London, 1891) pp. 52-65.
MacDonald, Donald, ‘Bas Bhrain agus Dhiarmaid’, The Celtic Review, vol. VI (1909), pp. 131-135 .
MacFarlane, Malcolm, ‘Bàs Dhiarmaid O Duimhne’, The Celtic Monthly, vol. XII, no. 11 (Aug., 1904), pp. 211-215.
MacLennan, Angus (auth.); Campbell, John Lorne (transl.), Stories from South Uist (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961), pp. 29-31. [A modern version of the tale]
Meek, Donald E., ‘The Death of Diarmaid in Scottish and Irish Tradition’, Celtica, vol. XXI (1990), pp. 335-361.
Watson, William J., ‘The Death of Diarmad’, The Celtic Review, vol. X (1916), pp. 350-357.
Subject
- MacDonald, Alexander, fl 1861 (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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