Identifier Number NS032013
Title Oran Do Dh' America
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Thoir soraidh bhuam a null thar chuan
Classifications Lament , Exile
Subjects Scotland
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Iain mac Dhòmhnuill 'ic Iain , Iain Sealgair
Composer Dates 1795 - 1853
Composer Gender Male
Community South West Mabou
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Manuscript
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Collector Angus Stephen Beaton
Collection Title Angus Stephen Beaton Collection
Collection Location St. Francis Xavier University, Brewer Celtic Collection; Photocopy at Highland Village Museum
Collection Number PB 1633 U5 
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Page Number 16
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Notes 1 "John Mac Donald (Hunter) was born in Lochaber Scotland in 1795 himself and his wife Mary Forbes and brother Angus and sister Christie came to Cape Breton in 1834 he spent some time at Mabou Ridge on Power's place (Aite Phoor) he moved later to South West Mabou where he died 1853. buried in Mabou"
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