Identifier Number NS023104
Title Cumha huh
Alternative Title Do Niall Mac-Ill-Leathain
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Thug am post ugainn sgeul
Classifications Lament , Elegy
Subjects Niall Mac'Illleathain
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Malcolm
Composer Last Name Gillis
Composer Patronymic Calum Mac Gill-Iosa , 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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Date Recorded
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Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 2. No. 33
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date March 10 1894
Page Number 8
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/2/33/8
Notes 1 Gille og, cliuiteach a mhuinntir Straithlathurne ann a Siorramachd Inbhir-nis an Ceap Breatuinn, a chaochail o chionn beagan bhliadhnaichan. Bha e na dhuine eireachdail ann an coltas, siobhalt ann an gniomh, agus ro-thaitneach anns gach dòigh. Chuir a bhas mulad mor air gach aon do b’ aithne e, gu sònraichte le bhi air aobharachadh le sgiorradh. A chas a bhristeadh le tuiteam a carbad-siubhail, anns a robh e féin agus companach a gabhail turuis air feasgar, bòidheach samhruidh.
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