Hardback book `Carmina Gadelica, Vol. II` by Alexander Carmichael.
Hymns and incantations with notes on words, rites and customs, orally collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and translated in English.
2005.94.2
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2005.76.7
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine recorded by himself.
Alasdair MacArthur (Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair) recites a poem in Gaelic Gaol air Dhia and talks in English about the island of Tiree starting with the beauty of Happy Valley then going through the townships naming shops, hills, churches, harbours, shebeens, lochs and schools and describing the different views.
2005.76.8
Handwritten Gaelic poem `Gaol air Dhia` by Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine.
Handwritten Gaelic poem by Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine..
2005.62.1
Poem in English written by donor`s father, John MacKinnon from Rhum View.
Poem in English written by John MacKinnon from Rhum View, Vaul, in the late 1960s or early 1970s about Tiree.
2005.9.1
Transcript of a radio broadcast in 1958 by Professor Alasdair MacKinnon about Neil MacLean (Niall an Tailleir).
Transcript of a Gaelic radio broadcast on 12th March 1958 by Professor Alasdair MacKinnon about Neil MacLean (Niall an Tailleir).
2000.61.18
CD Pròiseact Thiriodh CD-SA1968-31.
Donald Sinclair (Dòmhnall Chaluim Bhàin) of Balephuil sings a Gaelic love song, recites a fragment of ‘Ruaig ’s an Caolas’, gives popular sayings used on Tiree, sings ‘Air Lorg an Fheidh’, ‘Oran an t-Saighdeir’, ‘Mo Bhreacan’, ‘O ho ro ’ille dhuinn’, ‘Duthaich Mhic Leoid’ and another love song, gives the meanings of words used on Tiree, sings a sea-faring song, talks about harvest customs, sings a song about a Mull man looking for a wife, talks about different birds, sings ‘Oran na Tì’ and a cradle song, talks about wind direction when going to sea, a belief that there’s gold buried in Dùn Shiadair, sings a humorous song about a man needing help with spring work, tells a story about a horse in a bard’s house, talks about thatched houses, sings a song for a teacher, talks about tuberculosis, sings a sailor’s song and talks about fishermen’s landmarks.
2000.61.44
Mini-disk SA1968/31.
Donald Sinclair (Dòmhnall Chaluim Bhàin) of Balephuil sings a Gaelic love song, recites a fragment of ‘Ruaig ’s an Caolas’, gives popular sayings used on Tiree, sings ‘Air Lorg an Fheidh’, ‘Oran an t-Saighdeir’, ‘Mo Bhreacan’, ‘O ho ro ’ille dhuinn’, ‘Duthaich Mhic Leoid’ and another love song, gives the meanings of words used on Tiree, sings a sea-faring song, talks about harvest customs, sings a song about a Mull man looking for a wife, talks about different birds, sings ‘Oran na Tì’ and a cradle song, talks about wind direction when going to sea, a belief that there’s gold buried in Dùn Shiadair, sings a humorous song about a man needing help with spring work, tells a story about a horse in a bard’s house, talks about thatched houses, sings a song for a teacher, talks about tuberculosis, sings a sailor’s song and talks about fishermen’s landmarks.
2004.206.9
Hardback book `The Argyll Book` edited by Donald Omand.
Twnety-one chapters about Argyll by recognised experts in the fields of archaeology, prehistory, early Christianity, the Viking period, the Lordship of the Isles, the Clan Campbell, industry, architecture, agriculture, oral traditions and traditions, Gaelic language and literature.
2004.197.1
Photocopied typewritten Gaelic poem `Gruagach Chu-dheis` written by Alasdair MacArthur of Balemartine.
Eight verse Gaelic poem written by Alasdair MacArthur of Balemartine as a young man about Johann MacArthur of Mannal.
2004.197.2
Photocopied English translation of `Breacan Mairi Uisdean` by John MacLean.
English translation of Gaelic poem by John MacLean, the Balemartine bard.