Continuing with the ornithological theme of the last few blogs, Alexander Carmichael noted down a short anecdote, presumably from a relation...

Yet another extract from the long letter – we cannot be accused of exaggerating – which Carmichael wrote to Nether-Lochaber informs this blo...

Following on from a recent blog entry, Alexander Carmichael continues his notes on nature by turning his attention to a rather peculiar inci...

In notebook CW113, there are a good number of Fenian tales. Anyone who has ever come across these stories about Fionn mac Cumhaill and his w...

Some six months ago we published a blog giving Alexander Carmichael’s nature notes concerning Black Grouse or Coilich Dhubha . In a long, an...

As indicated in a previous blog, Alexander Carmichael contributed another long article to The Highlander  – it seems that he was unfamiliar ...

There can be little doubt that one of the most powerful, heart-rending and beautiful laments that can be played upon the Great Highland Bagp...