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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.
At the age of 17, he became a sailor's apprentice and, before leaving home, Mackenzie was gifted by his mother with three books; a copy of the Christian Bible in Scottish Gaelic and one volume each of Gaelic poetry by Jacobite Bard Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair and Whig Bard Duncan Ban MacIntyre. All three volumes influenced him greatly and ...
Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich MacDhòmhnaill (c. 1610 – 13 November 1647), also known by the English variant of his name Sir Alexander MacDonald, was a military officer best known for his participation in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, notably the Irish Confederate Wars and Montrose's Royalist campaign in Scotland during 1644–45.
So much of the traditions of Lochaber and the Gaelic poetry of his father were written down by Alasdair a' Ridse that Raasay-born poet Sorley MacLean, who along with Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair remains one of the two greatest figures in the history of Scottish Gaelic literature, was later to comment that Rev. Sinclair, "had no need to come ...
Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, who served as the prince's tutor in the Gaelic language [91] and who is regarded, along with Sorley MacLean, as one of the two pinnacles of Scottish Gaelic literature, [92] also composed (Scottish Gaelic: Òran Mhorair Mhic-Shiomoin, Ceanncinnidh nam Frisealach, d'éis a chur gu bàs an Sasgunn, "An Elegy on ...
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
Campbell also continued to be involved in researching and publicizing the life and work of war poet Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, who fought as a Captain in the Clanranald regiment of the Jacobite Army while also serving as a Gaelic tutor to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, and who is widely considered the greatest poet in Scottish Gaelic ...
Ben Mac Dui 14:54, 20 June 2009 (UTC) Early life: His father was minister for "Eilean Fhìonain, lived at Dalilea in Moidart". This is presumably the Dalelai at NM734691 on the north shore of Loch Sheil west of Acharacle. The Eilean Fhianain at NM751683 is nearby. Missioner: "In 1729 Alasdair is appointed to a school at Finnan Island".