Identifier Number NS030018
Title Rann do dh' Fhidheall
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Mille failt air an deagh fhidhill
Classifications Praise
Subjects Violin
Structure Eight line verse
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 34
Online Access
Notes 1 This rhyme was made impromptu on seeing a fiddle which had been brought from Halifax by John Y. Gunn, Esq., for Angus McIsaac of Strathlorne.
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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