Identifier Number NS030007
Title Oran a Phaipair [Phàipeir] Ghaelach [Ghaidhealaich]
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Hug a ri hug, hug ga rireabh
First Line Verse ’S mor an aighear leas na Gaidheal
Classifications Praise
Subjects Gaelic Paper
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Donald
Composer Last Name MacLellan
Composer Patronymic Dòmhnall Gobha
Composer Dates 1807 - 1890
Composer Gender Male
Community Grand Mira
County Cape Breton County
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector Vincent A. McLellan
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Fàilte Cheap Breatainn
Editor Vincent A. McLellan
Publisher
Publication Date 1891 (1933)
Page Number 15
Online Access
Notes 1 Donald Gobha was born in Glenelg, Morar, Scotland on April 3rd 1807. He emigrated to Nova Scotia with his father in 1819. They settled at the South West River, Margaree. Donald apprenticed as a blacksmith and learned French. He subsequently settled in Strathlorne, Inverness County, where he raised a large family of five sons and four daughters with his wife Mary MacIsaac. He moved to Grand Mira in 1868 and died there in 1890.
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