Identifier Number NS028233
Title Gearan a' Mhairt
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gur e mise tha truagh dheth
Classifications Complaint , Local events and characters
Subjects cow , Iain Ruaidh , Steaphain , calves
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Hugh Francis
Composer Last Name MacKenzie
Composer Patronymic Eóghann mac Eàirdsidh Sheumais
Composer Dates 1895 - 1971
Composer Gender Male
Community Rear Christmas Island
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format
Singer John Joe MacKenzie
Singer Location Rear Christmas Is. , Cape Breton
Date Recorded 31-03-1978
Collector Dr. John Shaw
Collection Title The Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection
Collection Location St. Francis Xavier University
Collection Number GF050i02
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Online Access https://stfx.cairnrepo.org/islandora/search/GF050i02?type=dismax
Notes 1 Tape number 50 , A 02
Notes 2 The metadata for the Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection has been compiled from an index at St FX University and additional information was entered by volunteers during online transcription frolics in 2021. At the end of the Language in Lyrics project in March 2022, the metadata is still incomplete and it is hoped that further funding will be secured for a project dedicated to expanding the metadata and completing transcriptions for these songs.
Notes 3 MacKenzie, Hugh F., Mar a b' àbhaist 's a' Ghleann, ed. Kim Ells (Antigonish: Sìol Cultural Enterprises, 2012) 47-52; Mac-Talla nan Cùl, Beaton Institute, p. 21
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