Story entitled 'Sgrios Nam Piocach' and accompanying note, c1865
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/16
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Sgrios Nam Piocach' collected from Aonas Mac Aonais [Angus MacInnes], crofter, Smearclait Uist D [Smeircleit/Smerclate, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] collected on 13 January 1865, which tells how King Kenneth [Kenneth mac Alpin] waged war on the Picts and killed them all. The accompanying note states that Angus heard the story from his father, who was an old man full of old stories.
Dates
- Creation: c1865
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 183 folios ; 20 x 23.8cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 84v, line 1 to folio 85v, line 23
Bibliography
MacGilleMhicheil, Alasdair G., ‘Sgrios nam Piocach', An Gaidheal vol. I, no. 10 (December, 1872) pp. 266-267.
Giraldus Cambrensis (ed. John Sherren Brewer), De Instructione Principum (London, 1846), p. 189.
Giraldus Cambrensis (ed. John Sherren Brewer), De Instructione Principum (London, 1846), p. 189.
Subject
- Kenneth I, -858 (King of Scotland) (Person)
- MacInnes, Angus, c1800-1871 (Aonghas mac Aonghais | Smeircleit | South Uist) (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
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