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Ossianic verse headed 'Duan a Ghairibh'., 1752

 Item
Identifier: MS.14856

Scope and Contents

A small booklet of 5 folios, measuring 15 x 9.3 cm. It is dated at the head of folio 1r: 1752. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. Formerly Acc.2152/24.

Contains the following:

"Duan a Ghairibh", beginning 'Erich a Chu n teridh chi mi 'n Longis ha do labhradh'. Contains verse, not written out in stanzas but presented as 44 stanzas of 4 lines, partly incomplete, and a final section of prose text, in 'Leabhar na Feinne', pp. 3-4. 'Leabhar na Feinne' mistakenly gives the date of this manuscript as 1755. See also MS.14857, folios 23-24, for an incomplete copy of this lay with English translations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1752

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Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic

Genre / Form

Repository Details

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