Song entitled 'Duan Fir Baoghasdail' and accompanying story, 3 February 1874
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Duan Fir Baoghasdail' and accompanying story collected from Raol Donnullach [Raghnall Dòmhnallach or Ranald MacDonald], aged 81 years, Geary mone [Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Ranald tells how a woman from Coll [Cola, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] 'had been in at Boisdale + she told of a duan [song] that a Coll man comp[osed] to the Laird of Coll'. [Baghasdal, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and MacLean of Coll]. When Mor Leanach [Mòr Maclean, daughter of Hector Maclean of Coll] and her husband Alastair Baoghastail [Alasdair Baghasdal or Alexander MacDonald] saw Iain Ruadh [-] coming they closed the door on him and would not let him in until he composed as good a song as had been composed for Maclean of Coll. The song which Iain Ruadh composed begins ' On thainic mi [an duic] chan oil liom dhol a aite'.
Dates
- Creation: 3 February 1874
Language of Materials
English 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 11r, line 6 to folio 11v, line 19
Subject
- MacDonald, Alexander, 1698-1768 (Person)
- MacDonald, Margaret, c1700 (Person)
- MacDonald, Ranald, c1794-1874 (Person)
- Maclean (of Coll) (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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