John Whyte | Iain MacIlleBhàin (1842, Easdale, Argyll – 1 August 1913, Inverness) was a Gaelic prose writer, journalist, scholar, and translator. He served as editor of the magazine An Gàidheal. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms ‘Iain Bàn Òg’ (I. B. O.) and ‘MacMharcuis’. Henry Whyte | Eanraig MacIlleBhàin, ‘Fionn’, was his younger brother, and Katherine Whyte Grant | Catrìona NicIlleBhàin Ghrannd was his cousin.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Mar fhuair Mac an Fhoirbhich ’Ainm’ [dialogue, GD], Volume II, Issue I (May 1902)
- ‘Lochinbhar’ [translation by ‘Mac-Mharcuis’, GD], Issue 41 (14 November 1908)
- ‘Mac-Mharcuis’: ‘Fìor Dhilseachd’, Issue 42 (21 November 1908)
Resources
- ‘Iain Bàn Òg,’ DASG: Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (University of Glasgow)