Identifier Number NS014017
Title Marbhrann Eairdsidh Sheumais
Alternative Title
Air Eilean a' Cheò
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gu bheil ionndrain sa'n aite
Classifications Elegy
Subjects Eairdsidh Sheumais MhicChoinnich
Structure Eight line verse
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
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry c. 1939
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 42
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Notes 1 MacKenzie, Hugh F., Mar a b' àbhaist 's a' Ghleann, ed. Kim Ells (Antigonish: Sìol Cultural Enterprises, 2012) 71-80.
Notes 2 "The above is a lament for my father, the later Archibald J, MacKenzie of Rear Christmas Island."
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