Last month we looked at what we know of the life of Malcolm MacRae, the shepherd from Abhainn Suidhe in Harris, one of the men from whom Car...

The previous blog gave different variations of the song narrative for A’ Bhean Eudach , or the Jealous Wife, as collected by Alexander Carmi...

The headline for this blog is a slight exaggeration, but nonetheless there is a strong tradition of song narratives in Gaelic culture and th...

It may be recalled from a previous blog – the fiftieth one to be precise – that we discovered a voice recording of Alexander Carmichael sing...

Almost a century ago – on 10th June 1912 – Alexander Carmichael was laid to rest in his native island of Lismore. The following description ...

Of course not a few letters, following many obituary notices, of Alexander Carmichael appeared in the press after the sad news of his passin...

The present phase of the Carmichael Watson Project includes the beginnings of much needed conservation work. A number of Alexander Carmichae...