Identifier Number NS023861
Title Aiseirigh Iain Ruaidh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Ho-ro gu ’m b’ éibhinn leam
First Line Verse Chuala mi gu ’n d’ chailleadh thu
Classifications Humorous
Subjects Iain Mac Cuithein
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Gilleasbuig
Composer Last Name Dòmhnullach
Composer Patronymic Gille na Ciotaig
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community North Uist
County
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 9. No. 32
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date 8 February 1901
Page Number 8
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/9/32/8
Notes 1 This song was composed after the poet discovered that people erroneously believed that Iain Ruadh Piobair was dead.
Notes 2 See john MacKenzie, Sar-Obair nam Bard Gaelach (Edinburgh: MacLachlan & Stewart, 1882), 164-5.
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