South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 356 Collections and/or Records:
Story about Caibeal MhicCeallaich [Chapel MacCeallach], 29 March 1877
Story about Caibeal MhicCeallaich [Chapel MacCeallach, Cille Pheadair/Kilpheadar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] and where it is supposed to have been situated.
Story about Cuchulainn, 6 April 1869
Story collected from Duncan MacDonald, Donnachadh Mac an Taillear [Donnachadh Mac an Tàillear], from Snaosveall [Sniseabhal/Snishival, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist], which Duncan had heard from his father, who died over 40 years before [c.1829] aged about 80 years. The story is about a rescue by Cuchulainn.
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats, c1872
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats [collected from Neil MacEachen, crofter, Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Mac vurich [MacMhuirich] is out hunting and his dogs kill Cugarbhat in a cave. A cat asks MacMhuirich if his dogs killed Cugarbhat three times and on each occasion grows larger eventually jumping at MacMhuirich's throat. The text here is heavily abbreviated. A fuller version can be found in CW154 folio 30r.
Story about [Diarmaid] and accompanying verse., c1866
Story about Don[u]l mac Iain Mhuid[eartaich], 27 March 1872
Story about Don[u]l mac Iain Mhuid[eartaich] [Dòmhnall mac Iain Mhuideartaich] that he lived at Beagram Isle [Eilean Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] not in the castle but in the houses. The end of the note reads 'Then Aonas mor mac Raoil ic Ailein. Flora Macdonald & the Prince [Bonnie Prince Charlie] left Roisinis [Rossinish, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] for Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach]'.
Story about Eilean or Caisteal Bheagram, 13 April 1870
Story about fairies and ploughs at Canna, 5 May 1874
Story about fairies and ploughs at Canna collected from Duncan Bàn MacLellan, Càrnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, describing how men had left their plough irons at night at Canna, where there were fairies, and in the morning they were dressed.
Story about Father MacGregor reading Ossian to his catechist, c1892
Story telling how Father MacGregor, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] had been expounding biblical doctrines to his catechist Donald Macintire also known as Domhul Macdhomhuil ic Thearlaich [Dòmhnall mac Dhòmhnaill 'ic Theàrlaich or Donald MacIntyre] he picked up 'MacPherson's Gaelic Ossian' to read from it instead to which Donald remarked 'M'anamsa Dhia s e b annsa leinn!' ['Upon my soul, O God, but that were preferable to us!']