Allt Aogain Lismore Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...
Dates:
2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875
Note about Lon na straioc, September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/50
Scope and Contents
Note about Lon na straioc which reads 'There are peop[le] living who saw the run [ruin?] of Lon na straioc down to Tai phuill instead of now down Alltaogain.' [Lòn na Straioc, Taigh Phuill, Allt Aogain, all Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]
Dates:
September 1870
Note of place-names in Lismore, September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/60
Scope and Contents
Note of place-names in Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire which reads 'Tai[gh] Laguanach Tai[gh] Bheolain at Larach tai[gh] Bheol[ain] N[orth] of Allt aog[ainn] & Tai[gh] [-]' [Lag Uanach, Beolain, Allt Aogain].
Dates:
September 1870
Note which reads 'The Glaisgirig used to haunt Alltaogain', September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/48
Scope and Contents
Note which reads 'The Glaisgirig [glaistig] used to haunt Alltaogain.' [Allt Aogain, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]
Dates:
September 1870
Story about the sheep stealers Eowan buidhe na h uamh and his wife, September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/49
Scope and Contents
Story about the sheep stealers Eowan buidhe na h uamh [Eòghan Buidhe na h-Uamh] and his wife, who lived in Eigineig in Uamh Eow[i]n [Uamh Eòghain, Eignaig, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] telling how they would cross over to Lios Mòr/Lismore by boat at night to steal sheep, describing where he would hide at Alltaogain [Allt Aogain], while his wife drove the sheep past. There was a 'strong black sheep' which he was never able to catch and so he called out 'Tharam fha[tha]st caora dhu[bh] mo...
Dates:
September 1870