MacNicol, Dugald, army officer, son of Rev. Donald MacNicol
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1791 - 1844
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Booklet containing Gaelic verse, in the hand of Dugald MacNicol., ca. 1817
Item
Identifier: Acc.2152/33
Scope and Contents
Booklet in octavo format, not stitched and without binding. 16 leaves, not all cut, the first 4 and the last 2 blank. Paper dated 1817. Probably written by Dugald MacNicol.With the exception of the last item, the contents are the same as in Acc.2152/34, of which the present manuscript is a neater copy.Contains 4 lines headed "By the Earl of Mar the night he was at Obirin's house; verses headed "Aultich an t'snaosain", beginning 'Failt ort fein a Bhogais'; a collection...
Dates:
ca. 1817
Booklet containing Gaelic verse, in the hand of Dugald MacNicol., ca. 1811
Item
Identifier: Acc.2152/34
Scope and Contents
Small quarto booklet, unstitched and without binding. 4 leaves. Paper dated 1811. In the hand of Dugald MacNicol. The contents of the manuscript are the same as Acc.2152/33, which is a tidier copy by the same scribe made ca. 1817. Contains 4 lines headed "By the Earl of Mar the night he was at Obirin's house; verses headed "Aultich an t'snaosain", beginning 'Failt ort fein a Bhogais'; a collection of satires of Aonghas nan Aoir, with introductory text in English....
Dates:
ca. 1811
Gaelic journal of Dugald MacNicol., 1809-1813
Item
Identifier: MS.14850
Scope and Contents
A journal written in Gaelic, begun when Dugald MacNicol (1791-1844), had received his army commission and travelled to Barbados. Dated on the inside front cover: "1809 & 1810 & 1811 & 1812 & 1813". Formerly Acc.2152/1.The contents are:Journal in Gaelic, describing Dugald MacNicol's travels with companions and the voyage to Barbados. Folios 1-15.Folios 16-27 are blank.Three watercolour paintings of unidentified landscape views...
Dates:
1809-1813
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
Miscellaneous Gaelic verse and correspondence., 1762-1825 and undated
File
Identifier: MS.14857
Scope and Contents
A folder of loose sheets of various sizes, written in various hands, and mostly undated. 45 folios. The names of the scribes are identified where possible. The contents are:[Black Prince]. Poem entitled on docket "Black Prince", beginning ''N cuala tu Sheamais ruaig aite / Nan Uaislin achduineach armach'. At the head is written: 'S fad 's gairrid a rithis am Buinsgeal. Large single sheet, paper date 1825, folded lengthwise into a bifolium. See also the following two items....
Dates:
1762-1825 and undated
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
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Gaelic songs and verse.
Single sheet containing a fragment of a song beginning "M'fhedal a chruidh! gur hi ghuail fhion", in the hand of Dugald MacNicol., First half of the 19th century
Item
Identifier: Acc.2152/47
Scope and Contents
Single sheet containing 2 stanzas of 4 lines and a refrain of 5 lines, headed "Founn" and beginning 'Iu holagan i u ho m' aighean'. Possibly a shieling song.
Described in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts', vol. 1, p. 337.
Dates:
First half of the 19th century
Song possibly by Dugald MacNicol, and a Gaelic translation of 'Auld Robin Gray'., 1779, 1816
Item
Identifier: MS.14853
Scope and Contents
A folder containing loose sheets of various sizes as follows:[? MacNicol, Dugald]. Song headed "Oran air fonn 'Moch 'sa mhaddin dé dònah' &c". 4 stanzas of 8 lines and one stanza of 6 lines, in praise of Inveraray and surroundings, beginning 'Coirm na taca sheo 'n uridh / Bha mi mullach Stron Shira'. At head of title: 'O. Island St. Lucia 15 Nov. 1816.' Probabossibly in the hand of Dugald MacNicol, and composed by him. Formerly Acc.2152/5. Folio 1.Letter, 1779,...
Dates:
1779, 1816
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
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Gaelic songs and verse.
The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.14850-14864
Scope and Contents
A collection of Gaelic songs and associated papers, brought together by the Rev. Donald MacNicol (1735-1802), minister of Lismore, and continued by his son Dugald (b. 1791), an army officer. The Gaelic songs are from a range of periods and include Ossianic verse, waulking songs and songs by contemporaries of the collectors, such as Dugald Buchanan, Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre and Seumas Mac Gille-Sheathanaich (Shaw). The Ossianic verse was published in John Francis Campbell's 'Leabhar na...
Dates:
1752-ca. 1900 and undated, with most of the material dating from the later 18th and early 19th century.
Volume of Gaelic songs in the hand of Dugald MacNicol, son of Rev. Donald MacNicol., ca. 1816
Item
Identifier: Acc.2152/4
Scope and Contents
Notebook in octavo format in marbled cardboard covers, wanting the front cover. In the hand of Dugald MacNicol, with some of the songs possibly his own compositions. Length marks, where present, are written as horizontal lines. Paginated 1-6, 6-51 by the scribe, followed by a number of loose leaves, possibly missing some. Containing a collection of Gaelic songs, some of which are dated 1810, 1811 and 1816 respectively. Including four songs ascribed to Seumas Mac...
Dates:
ca. 1816
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