Identifier Number NS014013
Title Turus Mairi Ruadh
Alternative Title Ho mo Mhàiri laghach
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First Line Chorus O mo Màiri laghach, stu mo Mairi bhinn
First Line Verse Smise tha gu truagh am bothan fuar leam fhinn
Classifications Love , Lament , Elegy
Subjects Ann May , Wife , Eòghan
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Hugh Francis
Composer Last Name MacKenzie
Composer Patronymic Eóghann mac Eàirdsidh Sheumais
Composer Dates 1895 - 1971
Composer Gender Male
Community Rear Christmas Island , Barra Glen
County Cape Breton , Victoria
Era Of Poetry c. 1956
Original Format Manuscript
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Collector Hugh Francis MacKenzie
Collection Title Mac-Talla nan Cùl
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number PAM G40
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Page Number 34
Online Access
Notes 1 MacKenzie, Hugh F., Mar a b' àbhaist 's a' Ghleann, ed. Kim Ells (Antigonish: Sìol Cultural Enterprises, 2012) 105-111.
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