Identifier Number |
NS010035 |
Title |
Marbhrann do’n Easbuig Fhriseal |
Alternative Title |
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Air |
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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 |
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Composer Dates |
1797 - 1871 |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
South River |
County |
Antigonish |
Era Of Poetry |
Post 1851 , Pre 1871 |
Original Format |
Publication |
Singer |
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Singer Location |
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Date Recorded |
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Collector |
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Collection Title |
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Collection Location |
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Collection Number |
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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 |
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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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