Identifier Number NS019001
Title Ged Tha Sinn An So An Drast
Alternative Title Ged tha sinn an seo an-dràsda
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Ged tha sinn an so an drasda
Classifications Praise , Exile , Local events and characters
Subjects Emigration , Nova Scotia
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Alastair
Composer Last Name Friseal
Composer Patronymic Alastair Òg
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Composer Gender Male
Community Giusachan am Braighe Strath-ghlais , Strathglass
County Scotland
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Manuscript
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Date Recorded
Collector Allan The Ridge MacDonald
Collection Title Allan the Ridge Manuscript
Collection Location St. Francis Xavier University , Father Brewer Celtic Collection
Collection Number PB 1633 C612
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Online Access https://stfx.cairnrepo.org/islandora/object/stfx%3A11110
Notes 1 Page number in PDF: 6/146
Notes 2 Alexander Fraser intended to come to Nova Scotia but died shortly after composing this poem. John, his only son came. John settled on James River in the county of Antigonish.
Notes 3 "Bha duine tapaidh dheth na chinneadh Frisealach, dha 'm b' ainm Alastair Og 'na thuathanach cothromach ann an Giusachan 'm braighe Strath-ghlais. Ach ghabh uachdaran na 'h-oighreachd sin (Mac-Uistein) a chuid a b' fhearr de 'n talamh na lamhan fein, chuir e fo chaoirich e, 's chaidh an sluagh a chubadh sa chrodhadh air talamh neo tharbhlach. Mar chi sibh anns an oran so bha Alastair Og daonnan a' toirt misnichd dhaibh gu togail orra gu dol do dh'America. Ach thainig am bas air an duine threun, thuigseach, Alasdair Og 's chaidh an t-aona mhac a bha aige thairis gu Nobha Scotia." (Orain agus Sguelachdan Shrath-Ghlais, 1884 p. 15)
Notes 4 Comhchruinneachadh Ghlinn-a-Bhàird, 1890 p. 209
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