James MacDiarmid

Photograph published in ‘The Celtic Annual’ (1912), p. 38.

James MacDiarmid | Seumas MacDhiarmaid (8 July 1851 – 31 March 1930, Comrie) was a Gaelic scholar from Killin, Perthshire. His research, including several papers concerning the folklore of Breadalbane, was frequently published in the Transaction of the Gaelic Society of Inverness.

Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals

Guth na Bliadhna

  • ‘Murtadh Forsair Rìgh Seumas VI.’ [article, GD], Volume XIV, Issue 3 (Autumn 1917)
  • ‘Geur-Leanmhuinn Chloinne Ghriogair’ [article, GD], Volume XIX, Issue I (Winter 1923)
  • ‘Ceangladh nan Ceatharnach’ [prose, GD], Volume XIX, Issue 4 (Autumn 1924)
  • ‘Dòmhnull Friseal, an Cùl-mhùtair’ [article, GD], Volume XX, Issue 2 (Spring 1925)

An Ròsarnach

  • ‘Mèirleach-nan-Slad,’ Volume II (1918)

Alba II

  • ‘Theid Neart thar Cheart’ [article, GD], Issue 3 (17 January 1920)
  • ‘Allt-an-Tamhaisg’ [folktale, GD], Issue 3 (17 January 1920)
  • ‘Còmhradh an Glaschu’ [dialogue, GD], Issue 16 (5 June 1920)
  • ‘Trodadh nam Bàrd’ [article, GD], Issue 25 (July 1921)

Resources

  • ‘The Late Mr James Macdiarmid, Comrie,’ Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser (Saturday 12 April 1930)