| Identifier Number | NS004005 |
| Title | Mo Mhallachd-sa gu siorraidh |
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| First Line Verse | Mo mhallachd-sa gu siorruidh air cailleach ’Heran |
| Classifications | Complaint , Local events and characters , Satire |
| Subjects | Woman , Ms Ahearn |
| Structure | Four line verse |
| Place Of Origin | Nova Scotia |
| Composer First Name | Neil |
| Composer Last Name | MacVicar |
| Composer Patronymic | Neil Ruadh |
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| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Sydney |
| County | Cape Breton |
| Era Of Poetry | c. 1831 |
| Original Format | Manuscript |
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| Collector | Charles Dunn |
| Collection Title | Dunn Collection |
| Collection Location | Harvard University |
| Collection Number | 18087 , Box # 6 , Folder # 3 |
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| Notes 1 | "A Ms. Ahearn ran boarding house in Sydney at what is now 90 Esplanade." |
| Notes 2 | "For part of the summer of 1831 there boarded in this house a family of Highland immigrants fresh from the old sod. The head of the family, a poet of no mean ability, related some of his experiences there in a lenghty poem, of which the verses following are a fragment. They may be of some interest to those who know the language of Eden:--" |
| Notes 3 | "J. G. MacKinnon Old Sydney, pp. 90-1." |
| Notes 4 | "Probably by Neil Ruadh (MacVicar) (1) My curse for ever on the old Ahern woman. That’s where a beast is right in the middle of the town. She practically took my soul and portion from me in exchange for a bite to eat and a place to stay." |