Identifier Number NS023071
Title Cumha
Alternative Title
Air An Talla am bu ghnath le Mac Leoi,[ MacLeòid ] le M.
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Ged is eiginn domh gluasad
Classifications Lament
Subjects Father William Chisholm
Structure Four line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Iain
Composer Last Name Siosal
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community Pomquette
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 2. No. 15
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date October 14 1893
Page Number 3
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/2/15/3
Notes 1 Fonn: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/alltandubh/bardachd/Mairi_NicLeoid.html#tg
Notes 2 Do Mhr. Uilleam Siosal a chaochail am Pomquette, an Siorramachd Antigonish, ’sa bhliadhna 1884.
Notes 3 Rugadh Iain Siosal, a rinn an cumha so, sa bhliadhna 1801, ann am Balinasloe, Galway. Bliadhna ’n deigh sin thainig teaghlach athair gu Srath-ghlas. Anns a bhliadhna 1823, thainig e do America. Tha e fathast beo, slan, ann an Glasburn, Antigonish. B ’e ’m bard Domhnull Siosal, brathair a sheanair. Tha teaghlach mor aige. B’ogha dha an t-Urr. Aonghas Siosal, D. D., a dh’eug an Antigonish an uiridh. Fhuair sinn an t-oran bho Uilleam Siosal a tha na mhaighstir-sgoile, ann a Heatherton.
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