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The '''''Sleat History''''',<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]]; [[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]].</ref> also known as the '''''History of the MacDonalds''''',<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]].</ref> is a seventeenth-century historical source documenting the history of [[Clan Donald]]. |
The '''''Sleat History''''',<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]]; [[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]].</ref> also known as the '''''History of the MacDonalds''''',<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]].</ref> is a seventeenth-century historical source documenting the history of [[Clan Donald]]. |
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The history is preserved in one manuscript, NLS Advocates' MS 73.1.12. The work appears to date to |
The history is preserved in one manuscript, NLS Advocates' MS 73.1.12. The work appears to date to [[Wiktionary:circa|c.]] 1660/1678[[×]]85. A transcription of the text was published in 1914.<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]] p. 366; [[#M3|Macphail (1914)]].</ref> |
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The authorship of the history is uncertain. On one hand, it could have been the work of a certain Hugh MacDonald, a man who may be identical to a certain Aodh Beaton, a member of the [[North Uist]] branch of the [[Beaton medical kindred]].<ref>[[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]] p. 212.</ref> On the other hand, the history could have been the work of Uisdean MacDonald of Paiblesgarry, a member of the [[MacDonalds of Sleat]].<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]] p. 366; [[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]] p. 212.</ref> |
The authorship of the history is uncertain. On one hand, it could have been the work of a certain Hugh MacDonald, a man who may be identical to a certain Aodh Beaton, a member of the [[North Uist]] branch of the [[Beaton medical kindred]].<ref>[[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]] p. 212.</ref> On the other hand, the history could have been the work of Uisdean MacDonald of Paiblesgarry, a member of the [[MacDonalds of Sleat]].<ref>[[#M2|MacGregor (2008)]] p. 366; [[#M1|MacGregor (2002)]] p. 212.</ref> |