Identifier Number NS010035
Title Marbhrann do’n Easbuig Fhriseal
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus O gur fada ’s gur fada
First Line Verse ’N deicheamh miosa de ’n bhliadhna
Classifications Elegy
Subjects Bishop
Structure Eight line verse / Eight line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name Boyd
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates 1797 - 1871
Composer Gender Male
Community South River
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Post 1851 , Pre 1871
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 119
Online Access
Notes 1 From: The Glenbard Collection of Gaelic Poetry, by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 1890, page 344. A reprint appears in Mosgladh, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Vol. 4, No. 17 (April, 1932), page 5.
Notes 2 Bishop Fraser was born at Crasky, in Strathglass, in 1779. He was the eldest son of John Fraser and Jane Chisholm. He came to Nova Scotia, in 1822. He was appointed Bishop in 1827. He died in Antigonish, October 4th, 1851.
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