Cladh a' Ghleann Lismore Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Story about a daughter killed by her father for visiting her lover, August 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/20
Scope and Contents
Story about the 'daughter of the caistealan' who was killed by her father for going to visit her lover while she was crossing Doirlinn [Bernera Island, Lios Mòr/Lismore]. She was buried in Cladh a' Ghleann and Carmichael notes that there is another graveyard at Pillebhudh [Pollbhuidhe] 'on a beaut[i]ful knoll'.
Dates:
August 1883
Story about murders, a superstition and accompanying place-names, September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/53
Scope and Contents
Story about murders describing how in one day seventeen people were killed in Achadun Castle, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire and that a chàbag 'was a round stone ab[ou]t the buaile which taken away 7 which caused mischance to those who took it. The following place-names are mentioned although it is not clear what the connection between them, the story and the superstition is: Cladh-a ghleannain, Pillebhride, Clachain nam-baintearnan, An Caibeal and Lag a chaibeail [Cladh a'...
Dates:
September 1870