Identifier Number NS010001
Title Òran Allabain Suireadh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Thug mi ’n oidhche raoir ’s an àiridh
First Line Verse Mìle marbhaisg air an t-suiridh
Classifications Love , Humorous
Subjects Night Visiting , Shieling
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacGillivray
Composer Patronymic Iain am Pìobaire
Composer Dates 1774 - 1848
Composer Gender Male
Community Malignant Brook
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1813
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2014
Page Number 5
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Comhchruinneacha do dh’ain taghta, Ghàidhealach, nach robh riamh roimhe clò-bhuailte gus a nis, air an tional o mheodhair, air feadh Gàidhealtachd a’s eileine na h-Alba, by Pàruig Mac-an-Tuairneir, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1813, page 293. See versions in Sar-Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach, by John MacKenzie, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1907, page 438 (under the title “Òran Allabain Suiridh”); Mac-Talla, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Vol. 3, No. 11 (September 14, 1894), page 8; Beyond the Hebrides – Fad air Falbh ás Innse Gall, by Donald A. Fergusson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1977, page 296; and Celtic Heritage, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Vol. 21, No. 2 (May/June 2007), page 7.
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