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    The Brahan Seer, known in his native Scottish Gaelic as Coinneach Odhar ("Dark Kenneth"), and Kenneth Mackenzie, was, according to legend, a predictor...
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  • Brahan may refer to: Brahan Castle near Dingwall, Scotland Siege of Brahan, November 1715 Brahan Seer, 17th-century predictor of the future This disambiguation...
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    Barvas. Coinneach Odhar, more famously known as the Brahan Seer was a, possibly legendary, Highland seer who is well known for his prophecies across the Highlands...
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    area. Brahan Castle was built by Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth in 1611. Kenneth Mackenzie, a labourer on the estate, was a reputed seer who made...
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    known for its ruined 13th century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. The origin of the name Fortrose is uncertain. One possibility is that...
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  • Murder, and the title track concerns the seventeenth century mystic the Brahan Seer. The album was given two separate mixes. The first was done by producer...
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  • Clootie well sites at Munlochy, Jemimaville and Avoch. The prophet the Brahan Seer was, according to legend, murdered at Chanonry Point after his predictions...
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    According to Lewis tradition, Uig is the birthplace of Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, a Nostradamus-type figure of the 16th century. The principal historical...
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    North of Scotland. Apparently this event occurred as predicted by the Brahan Seer. The replacement bridge of steel and granite was "built by The County...
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    except for one wall. It was held by the Mackenzies of Brahan who were patrons of the Brahan Seer. Castle Leod which is a few miles west of Dingwall is...
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    translation (An) Canàl Cailleannach. In 1620, a Highland prophet called the Brahan Seer predicted that full-rigged ships would one day be sailing round the back...
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    Imprint Academic. ISBN 978-1-8454-0248-8. Sutherland, Alex (2009). The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend. International Studies in Folklore and Ethnology...
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  • John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan Meg Bateman (born 1959) Brahan Seer John Brown (servant) Marjorie, Countess of Carrick George Buchanan Angus...
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    of the prophecies of Coinneach Odhar (who is popularly known as the Brahan Seer). N. Macleod's tale of the prophecy is as follows: Of the Macleod family...
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  • & W. Mackenzie. Mackenzie, Alexander (1888). The prophecies of the Brahan seer, Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche (4th, much enlarged ed.). Inverness: A. &...
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  • thepeerage.com. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer: Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche By Alexander Mackenzie "Descendant List, Clan...
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    Routledge. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-415-21492-6. Alex Sutherland (2009). The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend. Peter Lang. p. 61. ISBN 978-3-03911-868-7. Julian...
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  • exploration of alleged prophets and seers throughout history and folklore, including the story of the Brahan Seer, who was allegedly executed by boiling...
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  • Madonnas. Volume 4: Madame Blavatsky; Borley Rectory; Adrian Boshier; Brahan Seer; British Scareships; John Cain; Campden Wonder; Cash-Landrum Case; Catastrophe...
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    University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-924257-3 Sutherland, Alex (2009), The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend, Peter Lang, ISBN 978-3-03911-868-7 Wilby, Emma...
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    University Press, 1998), ISBN 0521638755, p. 107. A. Sutherland, The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend (Peter Lang, 2009), ISBN 3039118684, p. 66. Levack...
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    residents. The death of Coinneach Odhar, more commonly known as the Brahan Seer, is commemorated by a memorial stone on the spot not far from where he...
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  • (2005). The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend, c1570–2001 (PhD thesis). University of Aberdeen. Sutherland, A (2009). The Brahan Seer: The Making of...
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  • Clach an t-Seasaidh, is said to be referred to in a prophecy by the Brahan Seer. Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir "Highlife Highland & Culture"...
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    ancient well, Tobar Tà, features in a prophecy by Kenneth MacKenzie, the Brahan Seer, who was alive in the 17th century: Tobar sin, is Tobar Tà Tobar aig...
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    Francis's four legitimate sons all predeceased him as predicted by the Brahan Seer. His children were: William Frederick Mackenzie (died young) George Leveson...
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    prophecies of the Brahan Seer, predicting the end of the family and the ruin of the building, and the apparition of a cow upstairs. The seer, Kenneth Ower...
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    Isles. The stone is associated with the prophecies of the 16th century Brahan Seer (Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach Odhar). He predicted that if the stone fell...
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    After a commission in 1986 to produce stage sets for a production of The Brahan Seer at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness his work became larger and semi abstract...
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    Witches, Elenkus, ISBN 978-0-9521910-7-0 Sutherland, Alex (2009), The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend, Peter Lang, ISBN 978-3-03911-868-7 Wilby, Emma...
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