Song entitled 'Laoi Chlann Uisne' and accompanying note, 15 March 1867
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Laoi Chlann Uisne' collected from Donul Mac a Bhi [Donald MacPhee], smith, Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'A Chlann Uisne nan each geala, Sibh a tir nam fear fuil[each]' and composed of one hundred and fifty nine lines. The accompanying note written transversely over some of the text reads 'Copy sent the Rev Mr Clerk Killmallie Oct[ober] 11th 1867 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] another copy sent him Jan[uary] 6th 1869 A[lexander] C[armichael].' MacPhee states that he heard the song from 'Eachunn mac Neil - dall - an Eoligearry' [Eòlaigearraidh/Eoligarry] about forty years before [c1827]. A vocabulary note also accompanies this story.
Dates
- Creation: 15 March 1867
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)
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 25r, line 7 to folio 29v, line 4
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Deirdire and the Lay of the Children of Uisne (Edinburgh, 1905).
Subject
- MacPhee, Donald, c1816-1869 (Person)
- Clerk, Archibald, Rev, 1813-1887 (minister | Kilmallie | Inverness-shire) (Person)
- MacNeil, Hector, c1825 (Person)
- MacPhee, Donald, c1816-1869 (Person)
Repository Details
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