Coll Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Song beginning 'Chuirinn na Fir air fairle dhut', c1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/101
Scope and Contents
Song beginning 'Chuirinn na Fir air fairle dhut, S aisir/Air aisig Inis Fhail.' The song is composed of ten lines arranged in five couplets. The accompanying notes states 'A daughter of Maclean of Coll composed a beautiful song on this air to a young man of Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].' The text has been scored through in pencil and bears some pencil annotations.
Dates:
c1892
Song entitled 'Duan Fir Baoghasdail' and accompanying story, 3 February 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/45
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Duan Fir Baoghasdail' and accompanying story collected from Raol Donnullach [Raghnall Dòmhnallach or Ranald MacDonald], aged 81 years, Geary mone [Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Ranald tells how a woman from Coll [Cola, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] 'had been in at Boisdale + she told of a duan [song] that a Coll man comp[osed] to the Laird of Coll'. [Baghasdal, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and MacLean of Coll]. When Mor Leanach [Mòr Maclean,...
Dates:
3 February 1874