Scope and Contents Letters addressed to Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine, and drafts of letters in his own hand. See John Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland', 2 volumes (Boston 1973), volume 1, page 338, numbers 8-17 (quoted below as Mackechnie).Draft of a letter, 11 October 1808, of Irvine to an unnamed correspondent, mainly reporting on his Ossianic investigations. 2 folios, quarto, partly cross-hatched. Mackechnie, no. 8.Draft of a...

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A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Scope and Contents A collection of single sheets, bifolia and folded booklets containing Gaelic poetry taken down by Irvine in person or sent to him by others. The presence of some items that clearly post-date him suggests that his family continued to add to the collection for a while. The collection had been bound into a folder of thick paper, ca. early 20th century, with paper stubs stitched into the inside, and with the manuscripts pasted onto the stubs. Pagination in ink was then added on small...

Scope and Contents A number of loose sheets containing Gaelic songs, formerly in NLS MS.14878 (formerly Acc.3184/B), described in John Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts, vol. 1, pages 338-340. Comprising:Part of "Oran Cattach", part of stanza 6 to stanza 13. The complete song was sent to Irvine, together with a cover letter in Gaelic, by Alasdair MacNab. The letter and the beginning of the song ('Tha cùram do ghaoil do ghaòir 's do ghàir orm / A ribhinn alluin ebhin òg') is found in...

Scope and Contents Notebook with marbled boards of cardboard, the spine strengthened by a strip of brown leather. Paginated [1]-137 by the scribe. In the hand of Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine. Contains mostly poetry of Rob Donn Mackay. A note on the inside back cover, paginated 137, says: "These poems were taken from Janet McKay dr to Rob Mc Kay before Duncan McIntyre poet this 22 of Decr 1800 at no. 17 Thistle Street Edin[burgh].Contains biographical notes on Rob Donn, followed by a collection of his...

Scope and Contents A notebook, 21 x 17.2 x 1.4 cm, bound in dark blue, half leather over cloth boards. In the hand of Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, apart from the section headings and contents description at the start, which were added by a later family member. The manuscript is undated; the paper is watermarked 1803. It contains, in two sections, poetry of two MacDonald of Keppoch bards: (i) 18 songs ascribed to Iain Lom (ca. 1624-ca. 1707), with the 13th song stated to be by his son; the 8th song is...

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Papers of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine of Little Dunkeld (1773-1824), consisting mainly of Gaelic poetry collected in Perthshire, and partly elsewhere, between ca. 1797 and 1808.

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Includes legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, Scottish travel journals, sermons and poetry. The correspondence is particularly of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld, and Col. David Stewart of Garth. Includes several items in Scottish Gaelic.

Scope and Contents Sermons and an address in Gaelic, all in the hand of Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine. The date on sermons is often preceded by "Lagy" or Ly", which probably stands for Lagan-Allochy, the Gaelic-speaking parish that was joined to Irvine's parish of Little Dunkeld. Listed in John Mackechnie, Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts, volume 1, page 338, nos 19-25. The items are:Address in Gaelic, undated, headed "Earail bheag do Ghael Alba chum an leas, le fior charaid." The...