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The '''Islay Charter''' or ''"Gaelic Charter of 1408"'' is a grant of lands by [[Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles]] to "Brian Bhicaire Magaodh" (''Brian Vicar MacKay''),<ref>Thomson, The Companion to Gaelic Scotland pp63</ref> a resident of [[Islay]], written in 1408.<ref>[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/literat/gaelicch.htm Gaelic charter of 1408<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The charter is unique in being the only MacDonald [[Charter|land charter]] extant to have been written in the [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] language. It is also notable as a very early example of this kind of document written in a [[Vernacular|vernacular language]] rather than [[Latin]] and is one of the earliest examples of Gaelic in public use from the 15th century.<ref>[http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1387482.0.0.php The Herald – Scotland's Leading Quality Daily Newspaper<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907233733/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1387482.0.0.php |date=2007-09-07 }}</ref><br />
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The Charter was composed and written on a piece of goatskin by Fearghas MacBeatha <ref>[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G600010/text001.html Regimen Sanitatis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (Fergus Beaton) personal physician to the [[Lord of the Isles]] and a member of the famous [[Beaton medical kindred]] of the isles. The charter is also signed and [[holograph]]ed by the lord himself and was witnessed by a ''[[Brehon|britheimh]]'' or 'judge', Pat McAbriuin. The lands granted consisted largely of the eastern portion of the island of approximately {{convert|400|acre|ha|abbr=off}}.<ref>Thomson, The Companion to Gaelic Scotland pp64</ref><br />
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An edition of the charter appears in Jean Munro and R. W. Munro (ed.), ''The Acts of the Lords of the Isles'' (Edinburgh, 1986), together with notes on the form of the manuscript and the locations of the lands granted.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Fernaig manuscript]]<br />
*[[Book of the Dean of Lismore]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
Thomson, Derick S. ''The Companion to Gaelic Scotland'' (Blackwell Reference 1987)<br />
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