Coillore Bracadale (parish) Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fragment of a song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid', c1862
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/67
Scope and Contents
Fragment of a song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid' [Lay of Diarmaid] collected from Donull Camashron [Donald Cameron], Coill-othar 'Clar-Sgiath' [Coille Odhar/Coillore, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The song begins 'Eisdibh mus ail leibh laoidh, Air a mhuinntir a dh'fhalbh uainn' and is composed of twenty-four lines. Annotations to the text have been made in pencil. The song is the beginning of the story in which Diarmaid, after having eloped with Grainne, Fionn's wife, goes boar...
Dates:
c1862
Song entitled 'Cleireach Nan Salm', c1862
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/70
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Cleireach Nan Salm' [Clèireach nan Salm] collected from Donald Camashron [Donald Cameron], Coille-othar, Bracadal, Eilean Sgithach [Coille Odhar/Coillore, Bracadale, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] on 4 February 1862 beginning 'A Chleirich a leughas na Sailm, 'S Carrail leam nach math do chiall'. The song is composed of forty-six lines divided into twelve verses and describes a battle between the Fenians and the Lochlannaich [Vikings]. Some annotations have been made to...
Dates:
c1862