Scope and Contents Small octavo booklet, stitched and unbound, 6 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol.Contains fives songs, including a fragment of "Miann a' bhàird aosda"; a version of the lament for Iain Garbh Mac Gillechaluim ('Mo bheud 's mo chràdh') by Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh; a song headed "Oran Mhic Lachlain"; two stanzas headed or beginning 'Mean Mhic Cumhail air a chuth'; a song of 10 lines headed "Le Fear Chille-bhride air cluintin bais Chrombail [note below: no le Ian Mac...

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An unbound octavo booklet, 18 leaves, undated. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. The first leaf contains a contents list of titles or first lines, and the signature 'Donald McNicol' at the bottom.

Contains 10 Gaelic songs, including versions of "Òran nam fineachan Gàidhealach" by Iain Dubh (MacDonald) and "Smeòrach Clann Dòmhnaill" by Iain MacCodrum. The contents have been described in Mackechnie, Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts, vol. 1, page 331.

Scope and Contents An unbound octavo booklet, 16 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. The first page contains a contents list of titles or first lines, and is signed at the bottom, 'Donald McNicol.'Contains songs of the 17th and 18th centuries, including songs by Iain Mac Ailein, Màiri nigean Alasdair Ruaidh, Niall mac Dhòmhnaill Gheàrr (MacMhuirich) and the anonymous song beginning 'Tha mo chadal luaimneach'. The contents are described in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts', vol....

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A small unbound octavo booklet, 18 leaves. Undated. The first pages contains a contents list of titles and is signed 'Donald McNicol' at the bottom.

Contains 7 Gaelic songs, including a version of 'Smeòrach Chloinn Raghnaill' by Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair and a version of 'Òran na comhachaig' by Dòmhnall mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn.

Listed in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelis manuscripts', vol. 1, p. 330.

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Small unbound octavo booklet, 18 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNcol. Signed on the front page, 'Donald McNicol'. Dated 1769 on folio 2 recto. The first page gives a contents list of titles.

Contains 13 Gaelic songs, 7 of which are Ossianic. Among the non-Ossianic songs is 'Cha b' e tùchan a' chnatain' by Robert Campbell, Forsair Choire an t-Sìth.

The contents are listed in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts', vol. 1, page 330.

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A small unbound, stitched booklet of 12 leaves. Containing nine songs in the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. Signed by MacNicol on the final page. The songs are listed in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts', vol. 1, p. 329.

Scope and Contents Small quarto booklet, stitched but unbound, 13 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. Folios 1 and 3 are blank, folio 2r contains a contents list and Donald MacNicol's signature. Contains a collection of Gaelic songs, including a version of Iain MacCodrum's "Moladh Chloinn Dòmhnaill", beginning 'Tappa leat a Dhoil mhic Fhiunlaidh', and of "Oran Raon Ruairidh" by Aonghas mac Alasdair Ruaidh (MacDonald), beg. 'She Lathidh Raoinn Ruaridh / A dhag luanich mo dhusgidh'. ...

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A small unbound octavo booklet, 16 leaves. Undated. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. The first page contains a contents list of titles, and is signed 'Donald McNicol' at the bottom.

Contains a collection of 9 songs in Gaelic. Listed in Mackechnie, Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts', vol. 1 page 329.

Scope and Contents A stitched, unbound octavo booklet, 16 leaves. With a contents list of titles on the first page. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol and at least one other hand.A collection of 20 songs, including a version of Uilleam Mackenzie's lament for his brother Alasdair, Lochcarron, beginning ''S trom an luchd seo th' air m' inntinn'; an incomplete version of Iain Lom's "Òran air Rìgh Uilleam agus Bànrigh Màiri", and a number of satires by Aonghas nan Aoir. The song by Iain...

Scope and Contents Small unbound octavo notebook, 16 leaves. Undated. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. With a contents list on the first page, and signed on the first page, 'Donald McNicol'. Two leaves were cut out of the volume after completition, leading to the loss of one song mentioned in the contents list and loss of parts of the songs adjacent.Includes versions of 'Moch sa mhadainn 's mi làn airtneal' by Lachlann mac Theàrlaich Òig (Mackinnon) and 'A' bhliadhna gus an aimsir...

Scope and Contents Small unbound octavo booklet, 16 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol, with annotations in English in the hand of his son Dugald MacNicol. The booklet is undated, but it contains an elegy for Uisdean Bhaile Shear, referred to as having died in 1769. The first page contains a contents list of titles. Signed at the bottom, 'Donald McNicol'. Contains six songs, the last three Ossianic. The contents are described in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts',...

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A small octavo booklet, stitched but unbound, 16 leaves, the last 8 blank. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. The first page contains a contents list and Donald MacNicol's signature.

The prose text, ff. 2r-3r, is headed "Murchadh Mac brian" and begins 'An sin do ghabhadar Leinteag shithe'. The contents are described in Mackechnie's 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts' vol. 1, p. 332.

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Small octavo booklet, stitched but unbound. 4 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol, and signed "Donald McNicol" on the last page.

Wanting text at the beginning. Contains an Ossianic lay, marked II, beginning 'Cobhirle a chinn aig Fion'.

Above this, there is a stanza to be added to a preceding lay, no longer present.

Described in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts', vol. 1, page 334, Acc.2152/25.

Scope and Contents Small octavo booklet, stitched and unbound, 4 leaves. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol.The manuscript contains 6 songs, including a version of "Cuachag an fhàsaich"; a version of 'Gura muladach thà mi, / Tha mo leannan air fàs rium an gruaim', ascribed to 'Mac Mhic Raonil' and believed to have been composed by Gilleasabaig na Ceapaich (MacDonald) or his son Aonghas Odhar'; a song beginning 'Oho Ratti, ohi Ratti'; an anonymous song of 12 lines headed "Ghailbh an gothidh",...

Scope and Contents Single sheet containing a copy, in the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol, of the genealogy in Gaelic of Niall MacMhuirich, bard to Ranald MacDonald of Clanranald who died 1776. The document states that the genealogy was taken down in front of witnesses in 1775. Beginning "Nial mac Lachlain mhic Neil m[hi]c Dhomhnuil m[hi]c Neil mhoir". Also records the signature "Sic sub[scribitu]r Nial McMhuirich Fear Seannachais & Bard". Witnessed by Rev. William McLeod, Campbeltown, Donald Mckinnon,...

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A draft letter, 8 leaves, to the editor of the 'Weekly Magazine', incomplete at end, defending the authenticity of Ossian's poetry. Referring to comments published in the 'Weekly Magazine' in January and August 1778. A neater copy of the same letter is at Acc.2152/58.

At the top of the first page, a later hand has written the date "Octr 24th 1836".

See Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts', vol. 1, page 337.

Scope and Contents A small booklet of 10 folios, 18.8 x 11.7 cm. It contains two hymns of Buchanan, who is not identified as the author, and a fragment of another song. Formerly Acc.2152/3. The two hymns by Buchanan are in the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol, while the fragment is possibly in a different, unidentified hand. On the relationship between the versions of Buchanan's hymns with manuscripts of the same texts found in McLagan MS Gen 1042/20 and 1042/4, Glasgow University Library, see Donald Meek,...

Scope and Contents The booklet contains versions of three hymns of Buchanan, who is not identified as the poet, and a few other items. On the relationship between the versions of Buchanan's hymns with manuscripts of the same texts found in McLagan MS Gen 1042/20 and 1042/4, Glasgow University Library, see Donald Meek, 'Dugald Buchanan (1716-68): the poet, the translator, and the manuscript evidence. The Canna Lecture 2016' (Scottish Gaelic Texts Society 2019), esp. pp. 20-25. Formerly...

Scope and Contents Letter defending the authenticity of the poems of Ossian, in MacNicol's hand and signed "A Hebridean". Dated 1778 on the back in a different contemporary hand. A later hand adds the date "Oct.28th /36" at the top of the first page. An earlier draft of this letter is at Acc.2152/57.With a note on the back by John Francis Campbell of Islay, dated February 1871: "This contains a list of Gaelic poems which the Minister considers to be the originals of Ossian as published...

Scope and Contents [Description in progress]Unbound notebook, 87 leaves. In four sections, stitched together into one volume. The original sections were: folios 1-23; 24-47; 48-62; 63-87. There is no scribal pagination, but library foliation has been supplied. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. Dated 1777 at the front, and signed by MacNicol on the first pages of the middle two sections (folios 24 recto and 48 recto).The contents are:Section 1:Index of songs,...

Scope and Contents Manuscript volume entitled "Miscellaneous observations upon the language & antiquities of the Highlands of Scotland with some remarks upon Doctor Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides. By a Hebridean". The work was published in 1779, under MacNicol's name, as 'Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides; in which are contained, observations on the antiquities, language, genius, and manners of the Highlanders of Scotland'. In MacNicol's hand, and paginated by him [1]-245 (p. 234...

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The main manuscript copy, and a set of notes and additions, for MacNicol's 'Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides', published in 1770.

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....

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Notes and additions to be inserted in the 'Miscellaneous observations' (MS.14860), consisting of several sections written in MacNicol's hand. Paginated by him, sometimes irregularly, [6], [1]-16, [1]-25, [1]-15, [1]-23, followed by 15 unnumbered leaves, the last two blank. Formerly Acc.2152/76.

Scope and Contents A small booklet of 16 folios, 15.4 x 9.6 x 0.2 cm. Dated at the top of folio 1r: 1755. In the hand of Rev. Donald MacNicol. Formerly Acc.2152/20.It contains five Ossianic or Fenian lays, all of which are found in J. F. Campbell's 'Leabhar na Feinne', London 1872. Campbell had access to MacNicol's collection and incorporated it in his book, where it is collection 'D'; some of Campbell's notes on the collection are found in MS.14859. See also 'Leabhar na Feinne', pp. [v] and...