Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban Vol. III
by W. F. Skene
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About this eBook
- Author
- Skene, W. F. (William Forbes), 1809-1892
- Title
- Celtic Scotland : A history of ancient Alban. Volume 3 (of 3), Land and people
- Original Publication
- Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886, copyright 1890.
- Credits
- MWS, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Scotland -- Antiquities, Celtic
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 74710
- Release Date
- November 9, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CELTIC SCOTLAND: A HISTORY OF Ancient Alban
- 2.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 3.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 5.BOOK III. LAND AND PEOPLE . — CHAPTER I. SCOTLAND IN THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER THE THIRD. — CHAPTER II. THE SEVEN PROVINCES OF SCOTLAND. — CHAPTER III. LEGENDARY ORIGINS. — CHAPTER IV. THE TUATH OR TRIBE IN IRELAND. — CHAPTER V. THE FINÉ OR SEPT IN IRELAND, AND THE TRIBE IN WALES. — CHAPTER VI. THE TRIBE IN SCOTLAND. — CHAPTER VII. THE THANAGES AND THEIR EXTINCTION. — CHAPTER VIII. THE FINÉ OR CLAN IN SCOTLAND. — CHAPTER IX. THE CLANS AND THEIR GENEALOGIES. — CHAPTER X. LAND TENURE IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS SUBSEQUENT TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- 6.APPENDIX. — I. TRANSLATION of a part of the Book of Clanranald , containing the Legendary History of the Lords of the Isles, as given by the Macvurichs, hereditary Sennachies of the Clan. — II. BAILE SUTHAIN SITH EAMHNA. — III. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLES OF SCOTLAND. [527] — IV. On the AUTHENTICITY of the LETTERS PATENT said to have been granted by King William the Lion to the Earl of Marr in 1171. [529] — V. ON THE EARLDOM OF CAITHNESS. [530] — VI. ORIGINAL OF THE POEM ON THE LENNOX. — VII. COMPARISON between the Highland Clans and the Afghaun Tribes . Written in 1816 by Sir Walter Scott. — VIII. LEGENDARY DESCENT OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS, ACCORDING TO IRISH MSS . — I. CLANS supposed to be descended from Fergus Leith Derg , son of Nemedh, who led the Nemedian colony to Ireland. — II. Clans supposed to be descended from Colla Uais , son of Eochaidh Doimlein, King of Ireland. — III. Clans supposed to be descended from the Hy Neill or race of Niall Naoi Giallach, king of Ireland, through Niall Glundubh, head of the northern Hy Neill and king of Ireland, slain 917. — IV. Clans supposed to be descended from Corc , son of Lughaidh, king of Munster, of the line of Heber. — V. Clans supposed to be descended from the Kings of Dalriada in Scotland.
- 7.INDEX.
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