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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair was born around 1698, into both the Scottish nobility and Clan MacDonald of Clanranald.Through his great-grandmother Màiri, daughter of Angus MacDonald of Islay, he claimed descent from Scottish Kings Robert the Bruce and Robert II, the first monarch of the House of Stuart, [22] as well as, like the rest of Clan Donald, from Somerled.
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair; N. Alexander Nicolson; W. Christopher Whyte This page was last edited on 15 June 2024, at 14:02 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (1698–1770), known in English as Alexander MacDonald, Scottish poet Alexander Macdonald (antiquary) (1791–1850), Scottish antiquarian and editor Alexander MacDonald (Scottish bishop) (1736–1791), Roman Catholic bishop and vicar apostolic in Scotland
Some 40 years later, the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge published a title called Leabhar a Theagasc Ainminnin ("A book for the teaching of names") in 1741, compiled by Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. [1] Timeline
After his death c.1724, Maighstir Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill was succeeded as tacksman by his eldest son, Aonghas Beag MacDhòmhnaill (Angus MacDonald, 2nd of Dalelia), who married Margaret Cameron, a devoutly Roman Catholic woman from Achadhuan, in Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar). According to Father Charles MacDonald, "She is represented ...
The most significant poet in the language during this era was Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alasdair MacDonald, c. 1698–1770), who emerged as the Scottish nationalist poet of the Jacobite cause and whose poetry marks a shift away from the Scottish clan-based tradition of both war and praise poetry. [46]
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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair; Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer) P. Agnes Porter; R. Elizabeth Rose, Lady of Kilravock This page was last edited on 4 May 2024, at ...