Identifier Number NS009011
Title Òran mu Ìomhaigh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Fhir shiùbhlas dèan innse
Classifications Humorous , Dialogue
Subjects Conversation , Husband , Wife , image , pride , royalty , behaviour , talking
Structure Sixteen 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 19th Century
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title O Cheapaich nan Craobh
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2008
Page Number 44
Online Access
Notes 1 From: The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, July 17, 1862 (Vol. 11, No. 2).
Notes 2 It also appears in The Glenbard Collection of Gaelic Poetry by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Montreal, Quebec, 1890, page 356.
Notes 3 An version collected in Cape Breton by Archie MacKenzie appeared in the “Achadh nan Gàidheal” column of The Casket, Oct. 28, 1926, p. 8 (Vol. 74, No. 43).
Notes 4
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