Sleat History
The Sleat History,[1] also known as the History of the MacDonalds,[2] is a seventeenth-century historical source documenting the history of Clan Donald.
The history is preserved in one manuscript, NLS Advocates' MS 73.1.12. The work appears to date to c. 1660/1678
×[clarification needed]85. A transcription of the text was published in 1914.[3]
The authorship of the history is uncertain. On one hand, it could have been the work of a certain Hugh MacDonald, a man who may be identical to a certain Aodh Beaton, a member of the
MacDonalds of Sleat.[5]
Whereas the MacDonalds of Glengarry.[7]
Citations
- ^ MacGregor (2008); MacGregor (2002).
- ^ MacGregor (2008).
- ^ MacGregor (2008) p. 366; Macphail (1914).
- ^ MacGregor (2002) p. 212.
- ^ MacGregor (2008) p. 366; MacGregor (2002) p. 212.
- ^ MacGregor (2002) p. 206.
- ^ MacGregor (2002) p. 223.
References
Primary sources
- Macphail, JRN, ed. (1914). Highland Papers. Publications of the Scottish History Society. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: OL 23303390M.
Secondary sources
- MacGregor, M (2002). "The Genealogical Histories of Gaelic Scotland". In Fox, A; ISBN 0 7190 5746 9.
- MacGregor, M (2008). "Writing the History of Gaelic Scotland: A Provisional Checklist of 'Gaelic' Genealogical Histories". In McGuire, NR; Meek, DE; Ó Baoill, C (eds.). Caindel Alban: Fèillsgrìobhainn do Dhòmhnall E. Meek. Scottish Gaelic Studies. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. pp. 357–379.