'S e M' Eudail Mhòr Mac 'ic Ailein
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1964.78.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
The contributor gives information on the attitudes of the tenants to their chiefs who were their landlords. She recites lines from a waulking song. The Clanranald chief who built Ormaclete Castle, did so for his French wife, who was not impressed by the existing houses. The waulking song is sung in full. It praises the chief and his house.
Further information is given about Clanranald history. One chief's son became a commander on a battleship.
Item Notes
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell/F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 228
Item Subject/Person
Mac 'ic Ailein
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Ormaclete
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good