TRANSACTIONS OF THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS. VOLUME XXIV. 1899-1901. Clann nan Gaidheal an Guaillean a Cheile. Enberness: THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS. 1904. Grant 12-20-39 39536 INTRODUCTION. THE 24th volume of the Society's Transactions, now put in the hands of members, is the largest yet issued, and it covers over two years of the Society's work-from July, 1898, to the end of October, 1901. It will be remembered that the preceding two volumes covered only the period of one year each. The volume has also taken less than a year and a half to publish, and, considering the changes that have taken place in the working staff of the Society, this may be claimed as satisfactory progress in making up for arrears. The Society is still over two years behind its proper time; but the next volume is at once to be proceeded with, and may be in the members' hands by the time of the Annual Dinner. It is with much regret that we have to record the death of Mr Duncan Mackintosh, Secretary to the Society since 1886. He died on 1st June, 1903, in the 56th year of his age, his death being due to pneumonia. Mr Mackintosh was a native of GlenUrquhart, which he left in 1866 for a banking career in Inverness, and, with the exception of the first three years, he was employed in the Bank of Scotland, rising to the post of Accountant. His connection with the Gaelic Society dates from its first meeting, and for a long period he acted as Treasurer - finally, on the appointment of Mr William Mackenzie (the then Secretary) to the Crofter Commission, becoming in 1886 Secretary and Treasurer. His uniform courtesy, his Celtic enthusiasm, and his knowledge of men and manners in the North, made him exceedingly popular and successful in both capacities, and he certainly financed the Society, amidst considerable difficulties, into a state of sound solvency. A chuid de Phàras da! The death of Mr Mackintosh, and the resignation of the Assistant Secretary, Mr Macdonald, caused the Council to con |
