Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Note about Allan Mòr Mac Mhic Mhurachaidh, 1873
Note about Allan Mòr Mac Mhic Mhurachaidh brother of Allan Donn Mac Mhic Mhurachaidh after whom he was named. It states that Allan Mòr was the youngest of the family and 'had a brig - long fr[om] Ruhuinish' [Rubha Hunis/Rubha Hunish, Isle of Skye/An t-Eilean Sgitheanach].
Note about Beinn Li and wells with accompanying vocabulary note, 1904
Note about Beinn Li [Beinn Lì/Ben Lee, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] that it has a well on top and that there are lots of wells around the hill. The accompanying vocabulary note reads 'Grud = Low dirty smear [-]'
Note about Calum Paton/Beaton, 1884
Note about Calum Paton/Beaton Calum mac Dhonill ic Iain, Skye, who could 'tell the hour to a minute by the moon stars and the sun - could also tell the state of the tides without seeing the shore'. Text has been scored through as if copied elsewhere.
Note about the animal 'Neas' [weasel] on An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, June 1887
Note about the animal 'Neas' [weasel] on An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye describing it as all white 'except point of tail which is black with hair like tail of a cow'.
Note about the MacColls and the MacDonalds, 29 August 1883
Note about the MacColls and how they originated from the MacDonalds in Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] and how others became MacDonalds in Glengarry, probably collected from Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Note entitled 'Bionach or Biorach', 1894
Note entitled 'Font', March 1866
Note entitled 'Font' describing the carvings on a baptismal font, one side showing Christ and the cross, another the Virigin and child, another a bishop 'in full pontificals and crozier' and on the last side a knight in full armour. Also on the font there are 'beautiful celtic basketwork', plants and inscriptions which are no longer legible. The font is St Michael's font in the Chapel of St Maelrube [Maol Rubha], Lochaoineart, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye.
Note on caisean-callaig, 19 March 1891
Note the custom of bringing caisean-callaig to a house at New Year, collected from Mary Nighe[an] Iain Bhain [Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Sgeabost/Skeabost, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. Carmichael notes 'The rann is unfit to print.'
Note on the origins of the placename Tiree [Tiriodh], 1886
Note on the origins of the placename Tiree [Tiriodh] and of some other places such as Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] and placename elements possibly taken from the book Irish Lives of Saints.
Note which reads 'It was MacLeod of Talamsgeir who shot Sir James in the bonn dugh', October 1870
Note which reads 'It was MacLeod of Talamsgeir who shot Sir James in the bonn dugh [heel]' [Talaisgeir/Talisker, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]