Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar', 22 March 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/15
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Briara Fhinn ri Oscar' collected from Do'ul mac an t-Shaoir Do'ul mac Dhouil ic Thearlaich [Donald MacIntyre], catechist, Aird, Beinn na faothla Uist deas [Àird, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'A mhic mo mhic se thui[r]t an righ, Oscar a righ nan og fhlath'. The poem is composed of twenty six lines. MacIntyre states that he 'Heard this 60 years ago from an old man John Mac Aonais (Iain og mac Fhionlai) [John MacInnes] an Smearcleit Uist D[eas] [Smeircleit/Smercleit]. This man had an extraordinary quantity of the best poetry of Oss[ian] but despised the rubbish which goes under that name. Died 40 years ago aged about 90.' A note written transversely over the text reads 'Copy sent to the Rev Mr Clerk Killmallie Manse the Jan[uar]y 6th 1869.'
Dates
- 22 March 1867
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 43r, line 1 to folio 43v, line 19
- Beinn Ghunnaraigh Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Biography
- Clerk, Archibald, Rev, 1813-1887 (minister | Kilmallie | Inverness-shire)
- Fionn MacCumhail
- Inverness-shire Scotland
- Kilmallie (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- MacInnes, John, c1747-c1837
- MacIntyre, Donald, c1793-1868
- Oscar
- Ossian
- Poems
- Smeircleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
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
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk