Identifier Number NS010007
Title Cumha do Shiom Òg Domhnallach
Alternative Title Mac Mhic Dhughaill Mhór-thìr
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’S tric mi tionndadh am leabaidh
Classifications Historical , Lament
Subjects Somhairle , Scotland
Structure Four 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 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 28
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 265. It also appears in Mac-Talla, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Vol. 10, No. 27 (March 28, 1902), page 208. The Introduction is from the Mac-Talla edition.
Notes 2 Mac Mhic Dhughaill Mhór-thìr died in 1812, shot himself
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