Talk:Norman MacLeod (The Wicked Man)

went through £60,000
Probably due to me not being a native English speaker, but the phrase "...during his minority he went through £60,000 and left his estate in £50,000 in debt..." isn't really clear to me - did he spend 60,000 or 110,000 (and I'm also curious on what this money was wasted). Otherwise a very nice article which I enjoyed reading. Finn Rindahl (talk) 19:49, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it must mean he spent 60,000. That bit came from a book on GoogleBooks that is only snippet view (even though its long out of copyright...). It said that he had 'run through' 60,000, and left his estate 50,000 in debt. I had a hard time finding much on Norman, though I'm still looking. Another snipped view book there says this of him: "As soon as he was old enough, he embarked on a lifelong career of drinking, and gambling ...". I think this might be a clue as to where some of the money went.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Òran do MhacLeoid Dhunbheagain
I removed the reference to Òran do MhacLeoid Dhunbheagain. According to Transactions by Gaelic Society of Inverness, Uneasy Subjects: Postcolonialism and Scottish Gaelic Poetry and Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, the Òran was directed at Roderick MacLeod (d. 1699), the immediate successor of the poet Roderick Morison's patron Chief John MacLeod. Furthermore, it should be noted that Morison died in 1713 or 14, when Norman MacLeod would have been 8 or 9 at the most. Midnight-Blue766 (talk) 22:41, 6 July 2022 (UTC)