Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition. Argyllshire Series. No. 5

Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands

Memoir of the late John Gregorson Campbell, Minister of Tiree. [The following Memoir is chiefly from information given by Mr. Campbells sister, Mrs. Wallace of Hynish, thanks to whose unwearied and sympathetic assistance it was that the previous volume in the series, The Fians, was made ready for and passed through the press, and that the present volume has been selected and put together from the mass of the material left by the author]. John Gregorson Campbell was born at Kingairloch, in Argyllshire, in the year 1836, the second son and fourth child of Captain Campbell of the Cygnet and of Helen MacGregor, his wife. The fondness for study, the devotion to his native literature and lore, which were such marked features of his life, and which earned for him an abiding reputation as a Gaelic student, would seem to have been his by birthright. His maternal grandfather was an ardent Gael, as may be judged by the letters that passed between him and Dr. Mackintosh. On his mothers side he was descended from Duncan MacGregor, 13th in direct descent from the first MacGregor who settled at Roro, in Glenlyon, Perthshire, whilst through a paternal ancestor he traced back to a race that had had dealings with the good people, and on whom a bean shith had laid the spell they shall grow like the rush and wither like the fern (fsaidh iad mar an luachair s cronaidh iad mar an raineach). ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67609
Author: Nutt, Alfred Trübner
Release Date: Mar 12, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: David Nutt
Publication Date: 1895
Publisher Country: United Kingdom

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Editor: MacIsaac, Duncan , Wallace, Jessie Campbell