Identifier Number NS026003
Title Laoidh mar gum Biodh an t-Anam a’ Gearain anns a’ Phurgutair
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Tha mis’ an seo ann am Priosan
Classifications Religious , Hymn
Subjects Purgatory
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Iain
Composer Last Name Mac Gille Bhràth
Composer Patronymic Iain am Piobaire
Composer Dates 1784 - 1860
Composer Gender Male
Community Highfield
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location St. Francis Xavier University , Brewer Celtic Collection
Collection Number Vol. 1, no. 3
Publication Title An Cuairtear Og Gaelach
Editor John Boyd
Publisher John Boyd
Publication Date 1851
Page Number 53
Online Access https://stfx.cairnrepo.org/islandora/object/stfx%3A11029
Notes 1 Page no. in PDF 21/202
Notes 2 In a letter from Rev. Ronald MacGillivray (aka “Sagart Àrasaig”), to the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair (NSARM MG 1, vol. 2660, no. 256), the Sagairt Àrasaig mentions the hymn and the first verse. According to him the full poem had thirteen verses and was printed in the first number of An Cuairtear Òg Gaelach.
Notes 3 It fortunately was discovered in the March issue as only March-October issues are known to still exist for this publication. The Sagairt Àrasaig goes on to mention that An Cuairtear Òg Gaelach recycled much of its content from Cuairtear nan Gleann, a monthly publication produced in Scotland between 1840-43.
Notes 4
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