Story about Sheriffmuir, 14 March 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/22
Scope and Contents
Story about the Battle of Sheriffmuir collected from Alastair Mac Coinnich [Alexander MacKenzie], Loch Uisge-bhadh [Loch Uiskevagh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] originally from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. The story tells how at the battle, horses came amongst the Gaels and scattered them. Fear Leitir-iù [a MacKenzie] and Iain MacConnich [John MacKenzie], the informant's maternal grandfather, were up against five troops and so Fear Leitir-iù told John to go back to back with him and in that way they managed to kill the five soldiers with their swords. Fear Leitir-iù says to Iain, 'Math thu fhein...mharbh thu fhein a dha dhiu s chuir mi fhein crioch air an tri eile' [You killed three and I finished off three others]. This appears to be a fair copy of the version found at CW104/10 folio 35r.
Dates
- 14 March 1866
Language of Materials
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 91r, line 1 to folio 91r, line 20
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Family History
- Jacobites
- Letterewe Gairloch (parish) Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- MacKenzie (Letterewe)
- MacKenzie, Alexander, c1799- (Alasdair MacCoinnich | farmer | Uisgebhagh | Benbecula)
- MacKenzie, John, fl1715 (Jacobite | veteran of Battle of Sheriffmuir | Gairloch | Ross and Cromarty)
- MacKenzie, Murdoch, c1685-c1750
- Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Sheriffmuir Dunblane and Lecropt (parish) Stirlingshire Scotland
- Sheriffmuir, Battle of | Scotland | 1715
- Soldiers
- Stirlingshire Scotland
- Tales
- Uisgebhagh Benbecula 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
Contact:
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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