Abstract
Chaidh còrr air 30 dreach de eachdraidhean agus slointnearachd Chloinn Choinnich a sgrìobhadh eadar 1550 agus 1711 agus tha an alt seo a' togail cheist mu carson a chaidh an leithid a dheanamh. Tha ceistean gan togail mu chainnt, eisteachd agus amasan na sgriobhainnean seo. Chaidh iad seo a sgrìobhadh a tha anns a Bheurla air fad ach tha grunnan bhloighean de rannan Gàidhlig ann an cuid dhiubh.
Over 30 different recensions of clan history or genealogy were produced by various members of the Mackenzie clan, c.1550-1711, of which some 25 still survive. While this was a 'Gaelic' clan, all of these histories were written in English. Some seven of these English histories contain fragments of Gaelic, ranging from four to forty lines (written in an 'alien', English orthography). This paper, written in Gaelic, seeks to question why the histories were being produced, who the intended audience was, and asks what this can tell us about the world of the Mackenzies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Over 30 different recensions of clan history or genealogy were produced by various members of the Mackenzie clan, c.1550-1711, of which some 25 still survive. While this was a 'Gaelic' clan, all of these histories were written in English. Some seven of these English histories contain fragments of Gaelic, ranging from four to forty lines (written in an 'alien', English orthography). This paper, written in Gaelic, seeks to question why the histories were being produced, who the intended audience was, and asks what this can tell us about the world of the Mackenzies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Translated title of the contribution | 'Scribis le pen de shenchis.' Fragments of Gaelic in English language Mackenzie clan histories, c. 1550-1711 |
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Original language | Other |
Title of host publication | Rannsachadh na Gaidhlig 5 |
Subtitle of host publication | Fifth Scottish Gaelic Research Conference |
Editors | Kenneth Nilsen |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Pages | 149-194 |
Number of pages | 46 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- gaelic language
- Scottish history
- clans