Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Poem entitled 'Aoir Nan Rodan' and accompanying story, 14 September 1885
Song entitled 'Donl Gorm' and accompanying story about Cailleach Corunna, 29 May 1869 and 15 June 1869
Song entitled 'Oran Si' and accompanying story, 29 May 1869 and 15 June 1869
Story about Am Morair Ban visiting the temple at Cairinis, 23 March 1869
Story about the Morair Ban [Am Morair Bàn or Sir Alexander MacDonald], who when visiting North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] asked an old, intelligent man called 'Gillean mac Gillean' to visit the temple at Cairinis [Carinish] with him. When he asked Gillean when the temple was built he replied that it was 476 years ago and looked in a red book in his pocket and confirmed it. The builder was the second wife of the MacDonalds of the day daughter of MacDugall of Lorn.
Story about an insult made at Teampull na Trionaid, 20 January 1871
Story about Naomh Blianain blessing the graveyards of the Long Isle [Western Isles], 28 May 1869
Story about the demolition of a building in Cairinis, 20 January 1871
Story which reads 'The people of Carnish [Cairinis, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] pulled down the build[in]g with a rop so as to build dykes & for fear of injur[in]g cattle.'
Story about the theft of a corpse, 20 January 1871
Story entitled 'Mac Iain ic Sheumais', 27 May 1869
Story entitled 'Mac Iain ic Sheumais' collected from Mrs MacLenan [Penelope MacLellan], Ormacleit [Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] whose father was a great or great great grandson of Donul [Dòmhnall] Mac I[ain] ic Sheumas and who was named after him. Eiriosgaigh/Eriskay