For some time the Carmichael Watson team have been intrigued by a mysterious 152-page manuscript bundle of Gaelic poetry whose author is onl...

As a tribute to his friend and fellow collector, Carmichael penned an elegy for Sheriff Alexander Nicolson (1827–1893), that was published ...

“Is obair latha tòiseachadh” “Beginning is a day’s work” No doubt Alexander Carmichael was familiar with such a proverb for he collected a ...

Leaving Edinburgh on 31 May 1887, Carmichael made his way to Greenock to catch the ferry over to Islay. On the steamer he met Lord Lorne (Lo...

In his later life in Edinburgh Alexander Carmichael would often reminisce about the people from whom he had recorded such a treasury of lor...

This week we were delighted to receive visitors from the Isle of Skye to look at some of the Carmichael Watson papers. Four postgraduate stu...

The term ‘seannachie’ conjures up images of an old man telling ancient stories heard and retold through generations. This week, to the team’...