Song entitled 'Oran gaoil do Mhuracha mac Fhearchair Thiristich le a leannan', 21 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/20
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Oran gaoil do Mhuracha mac Fhearchair Thiristich le a leannan' collected from Marion MacNeil, Gleann/Glen, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, beginning 'A Mhur[achaidh] bhig nan gorm shuil greann, B fhear[r] liom na bo laoi[gh] s da ghamhnaich'. The song is composed of sixty-eight lines and contains some amendments in pencil. The text has been scored through in ink with a note written transversely across it which reads, 'Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Dates
- Creation: 21 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 9v, line 16 to folio 11r, line 22
Subject
- MacNeil, Marion, 1843-1927 (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