Identifier Number NS018009
Title Cumha : do Niall Mac Ghill-Eathain
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Thug am post' chugainn sgeul
Classifications Lament , Elegy
Subjects Niall Mac Ghill-Eathain
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Malcolm
Composer Last Name Gillis
Composer Patronymic Calum Eoghain 'ic Aonghais 'ic Caluim 'ic Dhòmhnaill 'ic Dhonnchaidh
Composer Dates 1856 - 1929
Composer Gender Male
Community South West Margaree
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title Smeòrach nan Cnoc 's nan Gleann
Editor Hector MacDougall
Publisher A. MacLaren
Publication Date 1939
Page Number 19
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=298&uT=y
Notes 1 "Do Niall Mac Ghill-Eathain a mhuinntir Strath Latharna, ann an Siorramachd Inbhir Nis, an Ceap Breatainn. Bha e 'na dhuine eireachdail ann an coltas, siobhalta ann an gniomh, agus ro-thaitneach anns gach dòigh. Chuir a bhàs mulad mór air gach an do 'm b' aithne e, gu sònraichte le e bhith air aobharachadh le sgiorradh, a chas a bhristeadh le tuiteam á carbad anns an robh e fhéin agus companach ag gabhail cuairt air feasgar bòidheach, sàmhraidh."
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