Identifier Number NS009001
Title Òran Cumha do ’n Bhàrd Mac Gill’ Eathain
Alternative Title
Air Gur e mise tha fo mhì-ghean , Dh’fhalbh gach tì bheireadh aire dho’
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’S an diugh a chuala mi sgeula
Classifications Lament , Elegy
Subjects Death , Loss , Bard MacLean , alcohol
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Alasdair mac Ailein 'ic Iain 'ic Ruaraidh 'ic Iain 'ic Iain 'ic Ruaraidh , Alasdair Ailein Mhór , Bàrd na Ceapaich
Composer Dates 1820 - 1904
Composer Gender Male
Community Keppoch
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry 1848
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title O Cheapaich nan Craobh
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2008
Page Number 2
Online Access
Notes 1 From: The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, March 3, 1853 (Vol. 1, No. 28).
Notes 2 An version is found in Filidh na Coille by the Rev. A.. Maclean Sinclair, Charlottetown, PEI, 1901, page 142.
Notes 3 A slightly different version from this was published in Clàrsach na Coille, Glasgow, Scotland, 1881, page 335 also by Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair.
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