Identifier Number NS026004
Title Cumha le Iain òg Mac Gillebhra, dha Bràthair Seumas a chaochail ann an Lunnainn, ann am Freiceadan Beatha na Ban'rinn
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Gur a h'aith-ghearr an ceilidh
First Line Verse Dol gu m' leabaidh cha tamh dhomh
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Death , Brother
Structure Four line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacGillivray
Composer Patronymic Iain mac Iain a' Phìobaire , Iain MacGillebhràth
Composer Dates 19th century
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 54
Online Access https://stfx.cairnrepo.org/islandora/object/stfx%3A11029
Notes 1 Page no. in PDF 22/202
Notes 2 See also NS043010: a version from the singing of Angus MacLellan of Grand Mira in Bàrdachd á Albainn Nuaidh, Calum Iain N. MacLeòid, Glasgow, Scotland, 1970, page 42.
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