Identifier Number NS030015
Title Deoch-slainte Mhaighistear Allasdair McLeoid [Alasdair MacLeoid]
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse An deoch s' air slaint' an deagh Phears-Eaglais
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Man
Structure
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 , Arisaig
County Cape Breton County , Antigonish
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 29
Online Access
Notes 1 "'N uair a bha e a comhnuidh ann am Broad Cove."
Notes 2 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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