| 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 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 |
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| Original Format | Manuscript |
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| 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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| Page Number | 1 |
| 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 |