Identifier Number NS010065
Title Tha Fàileadh a Ghuail
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Tha fàileadh a ghuail
Classifications Praise , Homeland , Local events and characters
Subjects Broad Cove
Structure Twelve line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Am Painter Mòr , Alasdair ‘Sandi Mór’ ‘ic Dhòmhnaill Mhóir
Composer Dates 1829 - 1910
Composer Gender Male
Community Antigonish
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1903
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 199
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Mac-Talla, Vol. 11, No. 14 (January 9, 1903), page 112. It was reprinted in Beyond the Hebrides – Fad air Falbh ás Innse Gall, by Donald A. Fergusson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1977, page 56.
Notes 2 Verse 4 has 11 lines
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