Identifier Number NS002911
Title Eilean Gorm nam Beanntan Àrd'
Alternative Title Òran do Cheap Breatainn
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First Line Chorus Eilean gorm nam beanntan àrd'
First Line Verse Tìr as àille tha fon ghréin
Classifications Homeland , Praise
Subjects Cape Breton
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Jonathan G.
Composer Last Name MacKinnon
Composer Patronymic Eòin Aonghuis Chaluim
Composer Dates 1869 - 1944
Composer Gender Male
Community Dunakin , Whycocomagh
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry 1929
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Dan Alex MacLeod
Singer Location Stirling
Date Recorded 1988
Collector
Collection Title Beaton Institute Sound and Moving Image Collection
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number T-1793 , Side 1 , 00:26:17
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Online Access https://beatoninstitute.com/t-1793
Notes 1 Beyond the Hebrides, p. 132
Notes 2 Beaton Institute description: Dan Alex Macleod, Gaelic Singing
Notes 3 "Eilean Gorm Nam Beanntan Àrd," Music: Cape Breton's Diversity in Unity, Beaton Institute, http://beatoninstitutemusic.ca/gaelic/eilean-gorm-nam-beanntan-ard/
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