Note relating to Iain mac Odrum [John MacCodrum], November 1873
Scope and Contents
Note relating to the MacCodrum family, to which John MacCodrum, the bard, belonged, including that the family were 'Oda[i]r nan ron' [Caisteal Odair of the seals] and that their land was in Griminis/Griminish, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist. John MacCodrum's patronymic is given and mention is made of 'Poul rua (Maclean) Houghge[arry]' [Hogha Gearraidh/Hougharry] that he was ''s motha is a mac Odrum' []. Across the text is written in ink 'Transcribed into No I B[ook] p[age] 196 A. A. C. [Alexander Archibald Carmichael] Creagorry 8 October 1875.' [Creag Ghoraidh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula]
Dates
- Creation: November 1873
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 93 folios ; 20.5 x 13.2 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 5v, line 13 to folio 5v, line 18
Bibliography
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Biography
- Caisteal Odair North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Family History
- Griminish North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Hogha Gearraidh North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Names
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
Subject
- MacCodrum, Iain [John], c1693-1777 (Iain mac Fhearchair | Scottish Gaelic poet) (Person)
- MacCodrum (Griminish | North Uist) (Family)
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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