Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...
Dates:
c1868 to 16 June 1876
Song entitled 'Seathain', 26 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/43
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Seathain' [Seathan Mac Rìgh Èireann - John the Son of the King of Ireland] probably collected from Margaret MacIntosh, tailor's wife, Ceann a Deas Loch Baghasdail/South Boisdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Huru na hurri bho horo, Nam fai[c]te Sea[thain] ag eiridh'. The song is composed of fourteen lines and has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere. The text is slightly obscured by another item having been written transversely across it also in...
Dates:
26 May 1869