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The seal matrix of Sir John Campbell and the struggle for Dunyvaig Castle on the Isle of Islay
No full textThe great feud between the clans Campbell and MacDonald in the early seventeenth century AD was part of a power struggle for control of Islay, the seat of the Lord of the Isles, and encompassed wider political, economic and religious change in the region and beyond from the sixteenth century. The discovery of a seal matrix found during excavations at Dunyvaig Castle reveals the personal story of Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (1576–1642) in these broader political events
Islay House entrance, Isle of Islay, Scotland
No full textThe entrance to Islay House, Isle of Islay, where Alexander Campbell visitedhttps://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_teaching_images/1155/thumbnail.jp
Islay House Hall, Islay, UK
No full textThe main hall of Islay House, the home of Laird Walter Campbell (1741-1816), with fireplace.https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_teaching_images/1158/thumbnail.jp
Islay House, Isle of Islay, Scotland
No full textIslay House, the family seat of Laird Walter Campbell of Shawfield (1741-1816)https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_teaching_images/1154/thumbnail.jp
Islay House Dining Room, Islay, UK
No full textDining room of Islay House, the estate of Laird Walter Campbell of Shawfield (1741-1816)https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sc_teaching_images/1159/thumbnail.jp
HERStory Makers 2023: Islay Shelbourne
No full textIslay Shelbourne is a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews studying the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic through ephemera. She took part in HERStory Makers 2023.What is HERStory Makers?HERStory Makers is a social media competition for female-identifying early career researchers to share their research, their career journeys, and to inspire the next generation. Winners are selected by public vote. HERStory Makers is also part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON was supported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020762/1].Author contributions to contentIslay Shelbourne conceived, planned and recorded the video content. Kirsty Ross edited the video content to insert HERStory Maker credits, add subtitles, and maintain video length below Twitter/X limit of 2 mins and 20 secs.</p
Walden's miscellaneous poems, which the author desires to dedicate to the cause of education and humanity.
No full textMode of access: Internet.Afro-American author
Group of women
No full textMrs. Galbraith, Dorothy Jackson, Mabel Hall, Alice Moir, Viola McIntyre, Bernice Reid, Islay Campbell, Lorna Campbell, Muriel French, Sybil Kearney, Mrs. Boyne, Margaret (?
'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic
No full textThe present paper is intended as a modest contribution towards the study of Tiree Gaelic, particularly its lexicon, drawing on a small part of the archives of the Historical Dictionary of Scottish Gaelic (HDSG) held in the Department of Celtic, University of Glasgow. In a volume celebrating the scholarship and career of Professor Donald E. Meek, one of Scotland’s most prolific Gaelic scholars, the present contribution can be seen to be appropriate from a number of perspectives. As a native of Tiree Professor Meek has a deep-rooted interest in Tiree Gaelic. As Assistant Editor of the Historical Dictionary from 1973 until 1979 (when he was appointed to a lectureship in Celtic at the University of Edinburgh) he had an intimate connection with HDSG
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