Identifier Number NS020012
Title Cumha dòn Easbuig Friseal
Alternative Title Lament for Bishop Fraser
Air A’ bhliadhna leum dar milleadh
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Chualas cinnteach an sgeula
Classifications Lament , Local events and characters , Elegy
Subjects Death of Bishop Fraser
Structure Six line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Allan
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Ailean an Ridge , Ailean 'ic Alasdair 'ic Aonghais 'ic Alasdair Bhàin
Composer Dates 1794 - 1868
Composer Gender Male
Community Upper South River / Bohuntin
County Antigonish / Lochaber
Era Of Poetry c. 1851
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title Às a' Bhràighe
Editor Effie Rankin
Publisher Cape Breton University Press
Publication Date 2005
Page Number 109
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Notes 1 Bishop William Fraser was born in Strathglass in 1779 and died 4 October 1851, at Antigonish, NS.
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