(i)
Irish
(a)
Printed Collections
B:
Brooke, C., ed.,1789. Reliques of Irish Poetry. Dublin.
DF:
see Section 1. above.
Ó
Síochfhradha, P., ed., 1941. Laoithe na Féinne. Dublin. [Contains eclectic
texts based on RIA MSS.]
TOS:
Transactions of the Ossianic Society. 6 vols. 1853-61. Dublin.
Other
minor collections, generally with eclectic texts, exist. These include:
Lloyd,
J.H., ed., 1916. Fian-laoithe. Dublin.
Ua
Ceallaigh, S., ed., 1912. Leabhar na Laoitheadh. Dublin.
(b)
MSS
The
principal holding of Irish MSS containing heroic ballads is that of the Royal
Irish Academy (RIA). RIA MSS are frequently cited in this thesis; these have
shelf-marks of the type 23 A 47 (capital letter flanked by numerals), and are
easily identified. The RIA holding may be accessed in the first instance
through the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy. Note
also:
MOL:
A duanaire compiled by Michéal Óg Ó Longáin, and now in the possession of
Professor William Gillies, University of Edinburgh.
(ii)
Scottish Gaelic
(a)
Printed Collections
G:
Gillies, J., ed., 1786. A Collection of Ancient and Modern Gaelic Poems.
Perth. [Contains 24 ballad texts.]
H:
Hill, T.F., 1782-83. ‘Antient Erse Poems’, The Gentleman’s Magazine.
LF:
Cited in Section 1. above. This contains diplomatic transcriptions of texts
from most of the major eighteenth and nineteenth century collections, with the
exception of those in RC. Individual texts may be found through the LF index.
The collectors referred to in this work who are accessible through LF are
principally:
F:
Archibald Fletcher.
G: see
above.
K: Duncan
Kennedy. Where necessary, Kennedy's First and Second Collections are distinguished as K (1) and K (2).
MacDonald:
Rev. John MacDonald. Only one text from his collection, that furnished by MacRae, is used; see BDL XVI.
MacN: Rev. Donald MacNicol.
P:
Rev. Alexander Pope.
MacCallum,
H. and J., 1816. An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann,
Ulin, and other bards who flourished in the same age. Montrose.
RC:
Cited in Section 1. above. RC, I derives material from:
C:
Rev. Alexander Campbell.
Ed.
MSS: Extracts from MSS in the National Library of Scotland
which contain ballad texts. Some are of Irish provenance.
MacF: Peter MacFarlane. This forms part of McL, q.v.
McL: Rev. James McLagan. This is the most extensive of the
Scottish collections. RC does not reproduce all of it; see
(b) below.
RC,
II contains material from the following collections:
T:
Peter Turner.
St.: D. MacKinnon, ed., 1887-88. ‘Collection of Ossianic
Ballads by Jerome Stone’, TGSI, XIV, pp. 314-369. Note
also St.HSR, the version of ‘The Death of Fraoch’ found in the Highland Society Report.
Other
works which contain ballad texts include:
Campbell,
J.G., ed. 1891. The Fians. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, IV.
London.
PTWH:
Campbell, J.F., ed., 1860-62. Popular Tales of the West Highlands. 4
vols. Edinburgh.
(b)
MSS
The
MSS most frequently consulted are those in McLagan's collection which have
remained unpublished hitherto. These (and the published material) can be
accessed very conveniently by D.S. Thomson, ‘A Catalogue and Indexes of the
Ossianic Ballads in the McLagan MSS’, cited in Section 1, above.
