Identifier Number NS030023
Title Oran do Mhairi Dhomhnullach
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Tha mu mheomhair air trial
Classifications Praise
Subjects Woman
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name McLean
Composer Patronymic Alasdair Mac Eoghainn Bhain
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community Judique Intervale
County Inverness 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 44
Online Access
Notes 1 Alexander MacLean was born at Big River, Pictou County but his family moved to Cape Breton when he was two years old. He composed a number of songs, many of which have been lost since there was no written record of them. He died at Judique Intervale at over eighty years of age.
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