Mingulay / Miughalaigh 1888 Another short historical anecdote taken down by Alexander Carmichael probably from the recitation of Roderick...

This short anecdote about the last of the Vikings in Fuday, lying just off Barra, was probably collected by Alexander Carmichael from the fa...

Borve Castle, Benbecula / Caisteal Bhuirgh, Beinn na Faoghla Sometimes Alexander Carmichael’s entries are so full of information that the...

A famous Gaelic song Ailein Duinn a shiùbhlainn leat (Brown-haired Allan, I would go with you) seems to have captured Alexander Carmichael’s...

Fr. Allan McDonald and Alexander Carmichael were regular correspondents from at least the mid-1890s if not earlier until the former’s lament...

It was not completely unusual for Alexander Carmichael to note down succinct and short examples of Gaelic lore. Here, for example, is one th...

Friday saw another milestone for the Carmichael Watson Project as the 2,500th item was catalogued (ref. Coll-97/CW116/16 folio 4v). The item...