Notes on the family of Flora MacDonald, 8 May 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/64
Scope and Contents
Notes on the family of Flora MacDonald 'nin Raoil ic Aonais oig ic Raoil ic Ailein' [Flòraidh nighean Raghnaill 'ic Aonghais Ò ig 'ic Raghnaill 'ic Ailein]. Aonghas Og [Angus MacDonald], the grandfather of Flora Macdonald is described as 'a celebrated soldier'. The item also lists where she was reputedly born and lived after her father died and quotes from the poem written by John MacCodrum to Allan MacDonald, Flora's husband 'Ò ran Do Chaiptean Ailean Chinnseborgh'.
Dates
- 8 May 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 18r, line 12 to folio 18v, line 7
- Biography
- Family History
- MacCodrum, Iain [John], c1693-1777 (Iain mac Fhearchair | Scottish Gaelic poet)
- MacDonald (of Clanranald)
- MacDonald, Allan, Captain, c1720-1792 (of Kingsburgh | husband of Flora MacDonald)
- MacDonald, Angus, c1700 (Aonghas Og | soldier | Kildonan, South Uist)
- MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite)
- Macdonald, Flora
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