Story entitled 'Duke of Tarentum', 6 April 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/43
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Duke of Tarentum' collected from Donald Macintire [MacIntyre], also known as Donul mac Neill, age 84, Howbeag, South Uist [Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas] about the visit by the Marshal MacDonald, Duke of Tarentum 'about 45 [0 scored out and replaced with 5] years ago'. The story tells of the Duke's father's recollections of the Howbeg and also of how he gave money to some relatives and took 'a stocking of earth' from Tota na Bracha [Tobhta na Bracha, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist].
Dates
- Creation: 6 April 1877
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 62 folios ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 13v, line 19 to folio 14r, line 10
Bibliography
Hache, Jean-Didier and Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam,'The French MacDonald:The 1825 Travel Diary of Jacques Etienne Joseph Alexandre Macdonald' (Isle of Lewis, 2007).
Subject
- MacIntyre, Donald, c1797-c1890 (Person)
- MacDonald, Marshal of France | Duke of Tarentum, 1765-1840 (Person)
- MacEachen, 1719-1788 (or MacDonald | Tobha Beag | South Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland) (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
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk