Story entitled 'Iain Lom', 6 July 1892
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Iain Lom' collected from Duncan MacNiven, 'old schoolmaster', Cnoc na h-Aird, Taigh an Uillt/Taynuilt, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire which tells how the wife of a Campbell of Glasaruith in Killmhich[eil] [Kilmichael Glassary, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] was being harrassed by a 'cruiner' [tax-collector] in her husband's absence. Having complained to her husband he lay in wait for the tax-collector and when the tax-collector harrassed his wife he stabbed him but then fled north. He lived in Keppoch for seven years as a MacDonald while she lived with her family, MacCalmans, in Barra-Glass and eventually joined him in Keppoch. The story concludes that Donald Campbell lived in Glena ghlasarai and made himself Mac-a-ghlasaraich. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 6 July 1892
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
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 35 folios ; 20.2 x 14.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 187v, line 15 to folio 188v, line 8
Subject
- Campbell, Donald ('Mac a' ghlasaraich' | Glenglassary | Argyllshire) (Person)
- MacDonald, John [Iain Lom], c.1624-c. 1710 (Iain Lom) (Person)
- MacNiven, Duncan, 1804-1895 (Donnachadh Phadruig | schoolmaster | Airds | Taynuilt | Argyllshire) (Person)
- Campbell (of Glassary) (Family)
- MacCalman (Barraglas) (Family)
- MacDonald (of Keppoch) (Family)
Repository Details
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