Identifier Number NS010079
Title Marbhrann do Mhaighstir Raoghal Mac Gille Bhràth
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Och nan och mar a tha mi
Classifications Lament
Subjects Death , Drowning , Father Ronald MacGillivray
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
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County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry 19th century
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 240
Online Access
Notes 1 From: The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, November 17, 1892 (Vol. 41, No. 44).
Notes 2 Probably to the tune of “Marbhrann do Mr. Seumas Beattie” which itself is from the tune “Mort Ghlinne-Comhann”]
Notes 3 Father Ronald MacGillivray drowned at the Arisaig beach on July 28, 1892
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