Identifier Number NS010013
Title An Dubh-Ghleannach
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First Line Chorus ’S i ’n Dubh-Ghleannach a bh’ ann
First Line Verse Latha dhomh ’s mi ’n cois na tràghad
Classifications Praise , Historical
Subjects Boat
Structure Six line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacKinnon
Composer Patronymic
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Composer Gender Male
Community
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1851
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 50
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Sar-obair nam Bàrd Gaelach, by John MacKenzie, Scotland, page 346. It also was published in: An Cuairtear Òg Gaelach, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, May, 1851; Dàin agus Òrain le Alasdair MacFhionghuin, by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Charlottetown, PEI, 1902.
Notes 2 This song was composed on the pleasure-boat of Alexander M’Donald, Esq., of Glenaladale, who endeared himself to his countrymen by the cenotaph he erected for Prince Charles Stuart in Glenfinnan.
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