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Sliabh nam Ban Fionn Lismore Argyllshire Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Note about deer on Lismore, alluding to a Fenian lay, August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/23
Scope and Contents

Note alluding to the number of deer slain by the Fenians on Sliabh nan bain Fionn' [Sliabh nam Ban Fionn, Lios Mòr/Lismore], supposedly the site of the Fenian ballad of that name: '60 daimh dearg gun ghu eir earban eir adh'.

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael