Fragment of a song beginning 'Is fada bh'uam fhin bonn Beinneadara', c1876
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/90
Scope and Contents
Fragment of a song probably collected in Uibhist /Uist beginning 'Is fada bh'uam fhin bonn Beinneadara, Is fhada gun teagabh uam Bealach a mhorghain' [Beinn Edra, Bealach a' Mhòramhain, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The poem is composed of five lines the last of which is incomplete. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: c1876
Language of Materials
Gaelic
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 59v, line 5 to folio 59v, line 9
Bibliography
'S Fhada Bhuam Fhìn Bonn Beinn Eadarra by Donald MacEachan, http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/29906/1
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk