Notes on a copper brooch and accompanying sketch, 1871
Scope and Contents
Notes on a copper brooch given by Flora MacDonald to Isobel Macdonald who lived at Airi vulin [Airigh-mhuilinn/Milton, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Isobel [Isobal nian Raoil] was one of three orphans taken in by Flora MacDonald, she married Eown Ross or Eoin mac Fhionnlai and had a son Donl mac Eown mac Fhionnlai [Donald Ross]. She died in 1863 or 1864 and her son died in 1866 aged 80 years. It is stated that Isobel used to tell of the many things she heard while she lived at Airigh-mhuilinn when she was a little girl. The accompanying sketch shows the brooch to be circular with a pin across its diameter.
Dates
- Creation: 1871
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 1 volume ; 17 x 20.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 48r, line 16 to folio 48v, line 13
Subject
- MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite) (Person)
- Ross, Donald, c1885-1866 (Person)
- Ross, Eoghan, c1800 (Eoghan mac Fhionnlaidh | South Uist | Inverness-shire) (Person)
- Ross, Isabella, c1753-1865 (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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