Identifier Number NS030055
Title Oran do 'n Uisge-bheatha
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Ge fada na mo thamh mi
Classifications Praise
Subjects Whiskey
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Allan
Composer Last Name McDonald
Composer Patronymic Ailean an Ridge , Ailean 'ic Alasdair 'ic Aonghais 'ic Alasdair Bhàin
Composer Dates 1794 - 1868
Composer Gender Male
Community Mabou , Antigonish
County Inverness County , Antigonish 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 126
Online Access
Notes 1 Allan 'the Ridge' MacDonald was from the family styled 'Sliochd an Taighe', the Bohuntin MacDonalds of Lochaber. He emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1816 and settled with his family in Mabou Ridge, before they moved to Upper South River in Antigonish County in 1847.
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