Identifier Number NS010005
Title Cumha nam Mac
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Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’Chaoidh cha tog mi guth éibhinn
Classifications Lament
Subjects Sons
Structure Eight line verse
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 1848
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 21
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Notes 1 From: The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Vol. 71, No. 4 (January 25, 1923), page 5. See also versions in The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Vol. 75, No. 28 (July 14, 1927), page 6; the “Angus Steven Beaton MS,” page 164; the Maclean Sinclair MS; and The Glenbard Collection of Gaelic Poetry, by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 1890, page 341.
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