Rodel Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Story entitled 'John MacLeod', 31 August 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/72
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'John MacLeod' about a famous swordsman who 'could cut the button from the neck of his opponent's shirt'. He was smothered by a snow storm by 'his own garden wall' having been out hunting. The story states that his tomb is in the church at Rodail [St Clement's Church, Rodel, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and that the stone for it was hewn locally at Geocrab. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
31 August 1909
Unfinished essay entitled 'The Bards and Bardism of the Highlands', 16 October 1865
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/1
Scope and Contents
Unfinished essay entitled 'The Bards and Bardism of the Highlands', written by Alexander Carmichael over several sessions. Carmichael makes comparisons between noted Gaelic poets such as William Ross [Uilleam Ros] and Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair [Alexander MacDonald] and Robert Burns and Lord Byron. He asserts that some of the finest poetry written in English has come from the Gaelic tradition. He refers to the importance of poetry in society citing the loss of Gaelic manuscripts by...
Dates:
16 October 1865