Story entitled 'Sgrios nam Piocach', 13 January 1865
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW113/7
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Sgrios nam Piocach' [The Destruction of the Picts] collected from Aonas Mac Aonais [Angus MacInnes], crofter, Smearclait [Smeircleit/Smerclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] which tells how King Kenneth [Kenneth mac Alpin] waged war on the Picts and killed them all. Carmichael notes 'Chual Aonas Mac Aonais so bho aithait - nis na fhior shean dhuine.' [Angus heard this from his father who is now a very old man.]
Dates
- Creation: 13 January 1865
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 86 folios ; 20.3 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 12r, line 13 to folio 13v, line 24
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
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk